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RIP Richard Roundtree

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Connorpozlee said:
I read that as Ray Roundtree and my heart dropped for a moment. Hope this guy rests in peace but I don’t who he is.
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Tom McAndrew said:
he appeared in many films, and also on TV, but is most known for for his role as John Shaft, in the 1971 film, "Shaft."




variety.com

Richard Roundtree, ‘Shaft’ Star, Dies at 81

Richard Roundtree, the movie star who originated the role of detective John Shaft in the blaxploitation classic, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.
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Just saw that Yes RIP Richard . He did play many charaters and was always solid in his roles . But yes he was John Shaft
 
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pap said:
Just saw that Yes RIP Richard . He did play many charaters and was always solid in his roles . But yes he was John Shaft
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From the NPR write-up:

"When he was cast as the Black private eye John Shaft in the 1971 film of the same name, the former college football player and model was relatively unknown.

But he commanded the screen from the very first minutes of its opening sequence, said film scholar Novotny Lawrence.

"This guy, he comes up out of the subway, he's walking down the streets of New York City and he's owning it," Lawrence said.

Shaft was a new kind of figure in film, unapologetically Black with swagger. He clapped back at white cops who said dumb things; he busted mobsters.

"He gave Black people that icon in the '70s," Lawrence said."

I added the bold in the excerpt from the NPR article.
 
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