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Dear VOM:
I'm just now reading your comment, so forgive me for not answering earlier. Now that I've read it, I have to admit, I don't understand your interpretation. I don't see how quoting Chris Thomas' line of dialogue in the film can be considered a 'cheap shot' at Mr. Thomas, especially when the point is that I LIKE what his character has to say. 'Y'all take care of each other out there' -- as I wrote, that's a practical notion, a welcome recommendation, and an idea we can all get behind. (I would have quoted the line no matter what actor had been playing that role; I only mentioned Mr. Thomas by name to give a shout-out to a well-known local who happened to have a nice little role in this nationally distributed film.)
- John Beifuss

Parkpro, I'm happy to report that Tom Foster always has been invited to be a part of this tribute to the memory and influence of the late, great Watson Davis, aka "Sivad." In fact, Tom is scheduled to have some of his "Fantastic Features"-inspired art in the March 26 "Love & Curses" gallery show at the Adam Shaw Studio on Broad Avenue, and I'm hoping he'll be among the participants on a Sivad panel March 28 at the Brooks Museum of Art.
There's no doubt that Tom is a true Memphis underground hero whose love for Sivad and whose annual art shows helped inspire this more wide-ranging, one-time-only, multimedia, multivenue "Sivads of March" tribute, timed to mark the fifth anniversary of Watson Davis' death. (See a post last week on my blog, TheBloodshotEye.com, for news about Tom's great new Sivad book.) My hope is that the "Sivads of March" will be an event that will be enjoyed by all types of people in the Mid-South, in much the way that Sivad himself was beloved by all classes and races in his heyday, as demonstrated by his June, 1963, appearance at the Fairgrounds, which attracted one of the largest integrated crowds ever seen in Memphis at that time.
- John Beifuss, staff, The Commercial Appeal: 529-2394