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The Fiasco of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Armond White Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Viola Davis looks frightening in the film version of August Wilson’s 1984 play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Her monstrous eye shadow, shark-jawed false teeth (recalling Richard Kiel chomping at James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me), baggy bodysuit, and obviously dubbed singing prove that no one involved with this film feels any emotional connection with its historical subject. Ma Rainey (born Gertrude Pridgett in Columbus, Ga., in 1886) was known as “the Mother of the blues” for originating blu...

These credits have been accumulated over the course of the year from dust jackets, Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, cover reveal blog posts, and other sources on the internet. This year, Filers Martin Pyne and Karen B. also collected this information, and though we had a lot of overlap, their extra entries have greatly increased the information we are able to provide you. My profound thanks go to Martin and Karen for all of their hard work. You can see the full combined spreadsheet of Editor and Artist credits here (I will be continuing to update this as I get more inf...

-Originally aired April 28, 1984. -Your host is Jim Ross, and ooh, la, la, we have a new set for commentary this week. -Also, tickets are going on sale for the next Superdome show, and there’s going to be a Super Date at the Superdome contest for women who want to go on a dream date with the Rock & Roll Express. Here are the rules: #1. You MUST be female. #2. You MUST be single. #3. You MUST be legal age. -What is this, Russia? -Bill Watts talks to Terry Taylor. Rules are rules and Terry is being fined $2,500 for his run-in during the incident between Jim Duggan and the Russians last week. ...

REVIEW: Hmmm… Recording a bit fuzzy, and feels back-of-the-room distant. Jerry seems to flub the first line of both sung verses. Mid to end of the break, you cant hear him solo at all. Terrapin, far better sound, vocal and instruments clear. 13:23, a long one…but no great inspiration in the transition to Playin’. REVIEW: Black Peter! A boomy aud with some unfortunate cuts and splices but it’s all we have for this show apparently, and let’s be thankful for it. I like every show from November of 78 but with the exception of 12/12 the December shows prior to this one have left me cold ...

-Originally aired April 21, 1984. -Your hosts are Jim Ross and the beneckbraced Terry Taylor. JR commends Terry for a gallant effort, and Terry somberly says he feels like he let the people down because the guy that won the championship doesn’t represent the people, and the TV Title is supposed to represent the people. People. Terry thanks the people for being behind him 100%, and he vows to win the TV Title for the people. People. -We go back and watch the entire segment from last week, with Butch Reed mounting a surprise attack and injuring the people’s neck, and then Krusher Darsow win...