Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
Other than the time in college that I sucked some helium from a balloon and sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (you just don't know...), I've never had any connection to or fondness for Shirley Temple. But she was a real icon of another age and I know that a lot of people adored her. And she really did represent an innocence (fake or not) that we no longer have today.
So, Shirley Temple Black, R.I.P. :hatsoff:
Shirley Temple, who died Monday at the age of 85, is pictured in a Christmas photo from 1935, in an era where she was considered an American institution.
Shirley Temple proved that all child stars don't grow up to be Lindsay Lohan.
Before that, she proved that an irresistibly cute little curly-haired white girl could dance with Bill Robinson, a charming, stylish black man, and the American social fabric would not crumble.
Those two things alone would make for a life well-led, and in the case of Shirley Temple Black, they were a small part of the imprint she left before she died Monday at the age of 85.
As a child star in the movies, Shirley Temple was one of those small sparkling lights that helped guide Americans through the Great Depression.
For a dime, you could walk into a darkened theater and for a couple of hours forget what you left outside.
So, Shirley Temple Black, R.I.P. :hatsoff:
Shirley Temple, who died Monday at the age of 85, is pictured in a Christmas photo from 1935, in an era where she was considered an American institution.
Shirley Temple proved that all child stars don't grow up to be Lindsay Lohan.
Before that, she proved that an irresistibly cute little curly-haired white girl could dance with Bill Robinson, a charming, stylish black man, and the American social fabric would not crumble.
Those two things alone would make for a life well-led, and in the case of Shirley Temple Black, they were a small part of the imprint she left before she died Monday at the age of 85.
As a child star in the movies, Shirley Temple was one of those small sparkling lights that helped guide Americans through the Great Depression.
For a dime, you could walk into a darkened theater and for a couple of hours forget what you left outside.
