tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post6956706129265470573..comments2024-02-24T08:17:41.032-08:00Comments on One Bite at a Time: Is Robert B. Parker Overrated?Dana Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-28326724326105589662022-08-19T06:26:14.288-07:002022-08-19T06:26:14.288-07:00Years ago, while having drinks with Steve Duncan w...Years ago, while having drinks with Steve Duncan with whom I'd taught with on the UCLA Writer's Program, and co-written a screenplay adapted from one of my novels, he told me some interesting stuff about Parker. Steve was the showrunner on A Man Named Hawk (Parker's character) and he'd also written the film The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson). We were sitting in a bar in Santa Monica, and Steve laughed and said Parker was one of the biggest racists he'd ever known. (Steve's black). He said when the studio hosted parties they always insisted he bring his wife. He said the reason was, when Parker got a few drinks in him, he'd start telling off-color black jokes, thinking he was being cool (and he wasn't) and his wife would come over and take him to the side and ask him not to. I asked Steve why he'd work with guy like that, and he laughed, and said, "Because he writes great black guys." It's always about the money...Les Edgertonnoreply@blogger.com