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252:, this is not how Sackler viewed his work. Though not denying the racist issues confronted in the play, Sackler once said in an interview, "What interested me was not the topicality but the combination of circumstances, the destiny of a man pitted against society. It's a metaphor of struggle between man and the outside world. Some people spoke of the play as if it were a cliché of white liberalism, but I kept to the line straight through, of showing that it wasn't a case of blacks being good and whites being bad. I was appalled at the first reaction." 955: 1266: 1259: 293:, moved to Broadway. It was the first time the cast of a regional theater production was brought to Broadway. The play opened on Broadway on October 3, 1968, and closed on January 31, 1970, after 546 performances. Using proceeds from his screenwriting contract, Sackler substantially funded the Broadway production by investing a reported US$ 225,000. In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Jones won the 1969 263:' performance in the play, reportedly commented to the actor, "Hey! This play is about me! Take out the interracial love stuff and Jack Johnson is the original me!" He added, "You just change the time, date and the details and it's about me!" Ali was fighting being drafted into the Army at the time on grounds of being a 456:, a white boxer, in 1915. There was some controversy surrounding Willard's win, with Johnson claiming he threw the fight. In part because of white animosity toward Johnson, it was 20 years before another African American boxer was allowed to contend for the world professional heavyweight title. In 1937, 38: 419:, concerned that film scenes of Johnson pummeling white boxers would cause race riots, passed a law making it illegal to transport prizefight films across state lines. "The great white hope" is a reference to the white boxer who many white people hoped would finally defeat Johnson. 441:
in 1940, worked successfully to repeal the 1912 law prohibiting interstate transportation of boxing film footage. About 30 years after that, William Warren Barbour's nephew, Thomas Barbour, played four small parts, including Sir William Griswald, in the Broadway production of
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In the movie, the role of "the Kid," or the "great white hope," was played by professional heavyweight boxer James J. Beattie (6'9", 240 pounds), the #10-ranked world heavyweight contender and an Ali sparring partner.
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Championship title, was one of the best fighters of his generation. Yet, white reaction against Johnson's win and his very public relationships with white women was so strong that, in 1912, the
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Barnes, Clive. "Theater: 'White Hope' Tale of Modern Othello, Opens in Capital: Howard Sackler's Play Given at Arena Stage Jack Johnson Depicted as a Tragic Hero",
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In a comment, reflecting on both the racist theme dealt with in the play and Sackler's notion that the play is about a man fighting society,
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The term, "the great white hope," reflects the racism and segregation of the era in which Jack Johnson fought. Johnson, the first
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for each, for their respective portrayals of Jack Jefferson and Eleanor Bachman. A recording of the production was released by
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Lawson, Carol (October 15, 1982). "Howard Sackler, 52, Playwright Who Won Pulitzer Prize, Dead".
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nominations for their performances. The Oscars for their categories were ultimately presented to
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The initial production at Arena Stage, paid for in part by two grants from the
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amateur heavyweight championship in 1910 and 1911, respectively, was
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was adapted by Sackler for a film released in 1970, directed by
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The first "great white hope" boxer to accept the challenge was
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While the play is often described as being thematically about
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Great White Hope (disambiguation)

Howard Sackler
Arena Stage
Washington, D.C.
English
Pugilism
racism
play
Howard Sackler
film of the same name
Arena Stage
Washington, D.C.
Broadway
Alvin Theatre
Edwin Sherin
James Earl Jones
Jane Alexander
Tony Award
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Brock Peters
Claudette Nevins
Jack Johnson
fight against Jim Jeffries
racism
Muhammad Ali
James Earl Jones
conscientious objector
National Endowment for the Arts
James Earl Jones

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