Stepin Fetchit: The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

Stepin Fetchit: The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

In the late 1920s and '30s Lincoln Perry, aka Stepin Fetchit, was both renowned and reviled for his surrealistic portrayals of the eraâ€™s most popular comic stereotypeâ€“the lazy, shiftless Negro. Perry was hailed by critic Robert Benchley as â€œthe best actor that the talking movies have produced,â€ and Mel Watkinsâ€™s meticulously researched and sensitive biography reveals the paradoxes of this pioneering actorâ€™s life, from Perryâ€™s tremendous popularity to his money troubles and rowdy offscreen antics. As later generations come to recognize Perryâ€™s prodigious talent and achievements, in Stepin Fetchit, Mel Watkins brilliantly and definitively illuminates the life and times of a legendary figure in American entertainment.

You might also like...