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05 Jul 03 - 10:11 PM (#977593) Subject: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: GUEST |
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05 Jul 03 - 10:47 PM (#977608) Subject: RE: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: Amos N!xau, the diminutive bushman catapulted from the remote sandswept reaches of the Kalahari Desert to international stardom in the film ''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' has died, police officials said Saturday. He was estimated to have been about 59, although he himself said he did not know his exact age. A |
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05 Jul 03 - 11:39 PM (#977622) Subject: RE: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: GUEST Some anthropologists consider the bushman a separate race, making four total. They are not black. The main reason for the decision is simply numbers. Too much bother for so few people. |
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06 Jul 03 - 12:04 AM (#977627) Subject: RE: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: GUEST,Dale There was supposed to have been a link in that first post, so here it is |
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06 Jul 03 - 06:52 PM (#977977) Subject: RE: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: GUEST Why isn't this { and a lot of other obits } listed in the BS section ? Or am I missing some sort of musical content ? Joe Clones where are you ? |
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07 Jul 03 - 01:38 AM (#978098) Subject: RE: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: GUEST,Dale As I see it, music AND other arts related deaths stay up here, politicians, inventors, whatever else are in the lower section. At least, that is how I see them interpreting it. Sounds like a good rule of thumb to me, but it doesn't make that much difference, I suppose. In other words, when does white become gray, and gray become black? |
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07 Jul 03 - 01:44 AM (#978099) Subject: RE: Obit: N!xau, Bushman in Gods Must Be Crazy From: Mudlark Whereever it is put, I'm sorry to hear it. He was delightful in his role, tho I thot the movie as a whole paternalistic. I wonder if 59 is considered old for a bushman? |