Entertainment & Arts
Will Power’s ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’ at the Kirk Douglas Theatre summons Stepin Fetchit and Muhammad Ali to the stage in well-acted drama directed by Debbie Allen.
June 27, 2023
Books
Stepin Fetchit, whose portrayals of lazy, stereotypical black characters in numerous films made him one of the most controversial actors in Hollywood for three decades, will be examined this weekend with panel discussions, a one-man show and other events.
Jan. 26, 2006
Movies
Stepin Fetchit, the black comedian who became a Hollywood star in the 1930s by playing lazy, slow-moving, easily frightened characters, died Tuesday of heart failure and pneumonia at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.
Nov. 20, 1985
A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m.
Nov. 21, 1985
Television
Television: The sitcom pays tribute to thespian pioneers such as Stepin Fetchit, who were often criticized for perpetuating negative racial stereotypes.
Feb. 20, 1996
Ice Cube’s transformation from gangsta bad to suburb dad proves Hollywood stereotyping continues to diminish us all, offering little to the imagination of young African Americans seeking substantive role models [“PG As He Wanna Be,” April 5].
April 12, 2007
Is Lee seriously saying that “Francis Ford Coppola being Italian-American definitely enhanced the ‘Godfather’ films.
Nov. 29, 1992
I am saddened that Maxine Waters, who has consistently defended the rights of women, now chooses to defend a subculture that depends on violence and hatred of women for much of its appeal (“Rap Finds a Supporter in Rep.
Feb. 19, 1994
Comics on Comics: Dana Carvey on Brad Williams
Jan. 7, 2011
Lyn Henderson Moran blames activist groups like NOW for “letting” the entertainment media freeze out older women (Letters, Oct. 6).
Oct. 13, 2002