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Thread #81928   Message #1549682
Posted By: KIMCHEE
25-Aug-05 - 03:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Happy Birthday Donald Duck
Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Donald Duck
You know it is really sad that more attention was not given Donald Duck, he was like so many partners of the silver screen that never got the attention or the roles they so richly deserved. They were always the second banana - sorta like how William Abbott treated Louis Costello (Abbott & Costello) or how Dean Martin treated Joseph Levitch (ok - Martin & Lewis). Some of our most famous and infamous duos in motion picture or real-life scenios one always was the fall person. Why can't we treat them as equal, aren't they just as worthy as their partners which made themselves and them look good. Crosby was never considered a dramatic actor until he received good reviews for "The Country Girl" did you ever see Jerry Lewis or Lou Costello in a motion picture that stood out and make people gasp and say "Wow what a performance." Most people do not remember Rod Steiger, he made a lot movies as a heavy, a person you would like, but who could forget his performance in "OKLAHOMA" as Jud Fry or how about the secret agent that bedded many of a young maidens, but one of his earliest movies - he not only danced, but sang in "Darby O'Gill and the Little People." Come on folks, give Donald Duck some credit, he had to go against a mouse was called "Steamboat Willie." Are you a man or a mouse, that mouse not only got the chesse, but good roles where Donald was subjected to lesser roles - he never got the role (s) of a lifetime, he could have been a contender, but alas no one ever that of him as a serious actor. Shame on you for not making him part of your favorite star - does he have a star on the walk, for that matter does any "Fowl" of the motion picture business have their own star - I bet Mickey Mouse/Bugs Bunny does - We love you Donald, I was disappointed that Walt Disney or others in the business did not give you the credit that you so richly deserve. A protest to stop viewing all motion pictures associated with Walt Disney Productions until they give you, DONALD DUCK the credit that he so RICHLY DESERVES.