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"What do you want?""I want the Ed Sullivan Show." At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, like a lot of black Americans, comedian Jackie Mann wanted to be somebody. And for him there was only one way to achieve that: to make it big. Make it, no matter the cost: friends, family, one's own self-esteem and self-respect. This is the story of a young man's journey from Harlem to stardom, a story of Hollywood royalty, New York glitterati, Vegas Mafiosi, Northern bigotry, and Southern racism. This is a story of love, honor, betrayal, and redemption; of fame bought and paid for by any means necessary. It is the story of one man's desire and an entire race's demands, and the incredible moment when the two came together as one. This is the story of Jackie Mann.
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Brian J. Lozoskie
reviewed A conversation with the Mann on May 12, 2020 A conversation with the Mann
Who would expect an 83-year old white grandmother to love this story about a black comedian trying to make it in show business? Well I did! I believe I picked up this book a while back in a Dollar Store (for $1, what a bargain!) and I thought the author's name was familiar. I was pleased to discover who he is - in addition to being the author of several novels, John Ridley has a very successful background as the screenwriter of Twelve Years a Slave and the series American Crime.
In this book I felt that I was inhabiting the wounded psyche of Jackie Mann, a young black man who tries to outrun his personal demons by telling jokes. His search to "become famous" is hampered by his own inability to take chances and say what he really wants out of life. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Costello, Ed Sullivan, Tammy Terrell and others play prominent roles in this book. How they are woven into the plot is a very interesting aspect of this novel, as the reader is left to try to discern fact from fiction.
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