May 20 2008
Petey Greene, Talk to Me
Netflix is a wonderful thing that recently brought the Don Cheadle movie Talk to Me to my doorstep. As much as I love and always will love the independent movie store — there just aren’t anymore around where I live. It’s either Blockbuster of Netflix, and for the sake of being a mom who loves being at home with her babe (or at a non-smoking bar watching a Pistons game!), I’m going to choose Netflix. Hey, I love the internet, what can I say.
Talk to Me was a very interesting movie if you know nothing about the radio personality, Petey Greene. I’ve talked about historical accuracy before when I was reviewing the fashion in the Kirsten Dunst film Marie Antoinette. Talk to Me focused on the historical importance of Petey Greene and his role in restoring peace in DC after the riots when Dr. Matin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Although he is also known for sharing the mic with Howard Stern, I’m glad they made no mention of that in this film. Also interesting was that it made no mention that he was a father!
You know me and fashion — though 60’s and 70’s retro made a brief recurrence in the fashion world in early spring, the look is getting tired. I’m always a fan of the fro, but the threads can go out the door for me now. I was reading an article in Vogue about Forest Whittaker’s wife, Keisha, and they described her style as beatnik Audrey Hepburn. I think my eye is veering towards that look now — but minus the cropped pants please! There aren’t any floods around here!
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I just saw this movie and loved it. I didn’t know he was a father! How could you leave that out of a biographic pic? Wierd. I also didn’t know about the Howard Stern thing. But HS was a for real politician back in the 70’s
Yes, he was a father to three or four children! I’m not quite sure if it was with the woman he was with in the movie. I actually wanted to find out more about her, and whether she represented more than one woman in his life.