Talk:The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

Female owner in movie was not a parody of Effa Manley
At the time the movie was made, Paige and Gibson were in the Hall of Fame and were well-known icons of Negro League baseball. It seems pretty obvious that the screenwriter made Bingo and Leon were based somewhat on them, the female owner (Bertha) had nothing in common with Effa Manley except gender. Effa Manley was a young and attractive woman who ran the Brooklyn (and later Newark Eagles). Mrs. Manley was rumored to have flirted with a number of players, most prominently pitcher Terris McDuffie, but never forced sexual favors from her players, as portrayed in the film. Bertha seemed (as most of the other owners in the league) more just a comedic stereotype fairly common in "blaxploitation" films of that time period. Calling her a parody of Ms. Manley seems akin to thinking Sallie Potter as a parody of Rube Foster. -- Couillaud (talk) 18:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

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