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Although he is a liberal newspaper publisher and a crusader against prejudice, he doesn't want to be hurried into making up his mind. And that's the trouble. Poitier has to catch the 10 p. It is easy to ridicule this deadline as contrived and artificial: and it is easy to argue that Poitier's character is too perfect to be convincing.

But neither of these aspects bothered me. The artificial deadline is a convention of drawing room comedies. It provides automatic suspense and keeps the action within a short span of time. The things that did bother me were more subtle. They are a pleasant middle-aged couple played by Roy E. Glenn Sr. But their presence leads to two troublesome scenes. The first occurs when Poitier who has been unfailingly polite and deferential to Tracy backs his own father into a corner and lectures him.

The Negro father, like the white one, opposes interracial marriage. And Poitier, who has already agreed to abide by Tracy's decision, cruelly attacks his own father's position. The words ring false. Poitier accuses his father of being an Uncle Tom: "Your generation will always think of itself as Negro first and a man second.

I think of myself as a man. This speech doesn't seem consistent with Poitier's character elsewhere in the film. Read more of Chris Jones' columns on the Theater Loop ». Latest The Theater Loop. First Folio Theatre announces it will shut down in Pie, anyone?

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