Poker Faces

Poker Faces

The racist, xenophobic, and thoroughly buffoonish Major from Fawlty Towers once pronounced that he ‘hates Germans…love women.’ ‘What about German women?’ asks Connie Booth, mischievously. ‘Good card players!’ is the...
Game Changers

Game Changers

The recent passing of Shirley Temple at the age of 85 came only a few days after what would’ve been the 101st birthday of Rosa Parks. Both names conjure an immediate, powerful image: the dancing girl, all dimples and ringlets, and the footsore unmovable...