Mark Knows It All

While flipping around the television channels the other day, I came upon an old 1946 musical comedy entitled Two Sisters from Boston , starring a very young June Allyson and an even younger Peter Lawford. I kept it on just a few minutes as it was more than a tad cheesy. But in the part that I saw, Peter Lawford wooed his prospective girlfriend by saying “I come from good stock. My great grandfather was the first white man to scalp an Indian”. Did I hear him right? Scalping Indians? How politically incorrect is that? We live in an age where everybody is soooo sensitive. The latest flap over Michael Richards’ (Kramer of Seinfeld fame) off the wall comments, made after being heckled by some African Americans during his comedy act, is a case in point. The video of his racist tirade made the uncensored rounds on the internet, as well as the tamed down version on the television news shows. I don’t condone his racist rant. It was disgusting. Celebrities should know better. On the other hand,...