Hi J:

Heres something about Telly Savalas you might or might not know.

First--before he became an actor--he was studying to become a Psycologist or somehting like that. He also said in his biography that he did not like nor enjoy playing Maggot in The Dirty Dozen--and it was mainly because of that scene that you mentioned.

Also--he was a very unprejudiced man and hated biggots. There is a scene where they are all in a room and Charles Bronson is doing some boxing practice when--"Maggot" asks Reisman a question--which uses a racial temr in it. In Savalas's bio--he also stated that he resented having to make that remark in the movie and had for years lobbied for it to be removed. It was felt that that term should stay in this movie--as well as in Gone With The Wind--because to remove it also removes a part of history that should not be changed.

If you watch Dirty Harry, there is also a scene in which John Mitchum (fatso)is reciting several slurs and Clint Eastwood also mentions one to do with the Hispanic population.

Being that these movies had these terms in them--I think they should stay there but--I think newer movies should possibly not have them.

The newest movie I can recall at this time that also uses racial slurs--made by both races--is: "48 hours."

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