Thursday, January 11, 2007

Red Queen White Queen



I made a video in 1999 about Through the Looking Glass as a take on race, with Alice as a biracial girl, the Red Queen as a Cree woman, and the White Queen as, well, that's obvious. But the whole time I was remembering an old made for t.v. version made with Carol Channing and assorted people I don't know circa 1985. I never found a clip until YouTube came along, I was beginning to wonder if it was all in my head. There are a bunch of clips but this one is the most relevant since the video I made was basically just this scene. Only different. There was no singing. And race politics were involved.

By the way, Carol Channing is a pale person of colour.



My tape can be found through Video Pool Distribution.

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