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Thuisday, October 21,1993 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - PageSB BEHIND THE SCENES With LISA COLLINS blacks walked out. Many of those who remained didn't quite know how to take it. "I've been to other Friar roasts," said Mayor Dinkins. "This one went over the line." Those leaving early included Halle Berry, actor Matthew Modine and the parents of CBS This Morning's Mark McEwen. Standing By Her Man: Whoopi characterizes the - media uproar over the flap as "insane." What's more, she freely admits it was her idea for him to appear hi black face and is amazed no one Crossing The Line: Did Ted Danson go too far? That's what a lot , of people are ask ing in the wake of the uproar over his recent New York Friars Club roasting of Who opi Goldberg. Danson, who was toastmaster, did a near 20-minute monologue that from all accounts was closer to offensive than raunchy, complete with references to his and Whoopi's sex life. He stunned a star-studded crowd including Michael Douglas, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ed Begley Jr., Geraldo Riv era, Chris Rock, Halle Berry, Natalie Cole, Robert DeNiro, Larry King, Robert Guil laume, Malcolm Jamal War ner and Robin Williams with his entrance in blackface, use of the term "nigger" and a WILLIAMS slew of racially-offensive jokes exploiting sexual ste reotypes. Talk show host Montel Williams walked out. Said Williams, "when Ted made the jokes about racial ly-mixed kids and everyone knows my wife is white and just gave birth to our child. I could see my wife start to cry." (Williams has since re signed from the Friars). "Perhaps Montel's show wasn't doing as well as it should be and this was his way to draw attention," said Whoopi of Williams, who went public with his outrage. But Montel wasn't the only one offended. Several other Marriott’s Two For Breakfast Weekend 79 per night, not per person, Thursday' through Sunday night, breakfast included. 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James could serve up to nine years In the state prison. His girl friend, Tanya Hljazi, pled guilty to assault with a dead ly weapon and has already been sentenced to four years. The judge rejected a request that James be allowed to re main free long enough to marry Hljazi, the mother of his 18-month old son. James' own sentencing was postponed to Nov. 5. And that might be just where the real freak show begins. Turns out prosecutors have a videotape that shows James beating a woman bloody with a belt during group sex. While the tape can't be used to further charge James, prosecutors hope to show that he has a real propensity for violence and sadomaso chism. By the Way: Best wishes to singer Meli'sa Morgan on her recent marriage to theater producer Shelly Gar rett.... And for all the bad news hitting Michael Jack- son, the good news Is that his Scopus Awards Dinner (set for January 29) is getting un precedented support Next week: Kim Fiel^ comes out on top again. He’s an award winning PDET FDR Eats: Pdems. She’s a Newbery MEDALIST FDR M . C. Higgins the GREAT. They’re Arnold Addff and Virginia Hamilton, TWO OF THE world’s mdstI HIGHLY ACCLAIMED CHILDREN’S AUTHORS WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE HUSBAND AND WIFE. You CAN HEAR THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON CHILDREN AND LITERATURE MONDAY, Adoff The ,itorie.i thi.i couple can tell. H AM I LTD N October 1 S, at THE Radissdn Plaza Hotel. The PROGRAM WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM AND ADMISSION IS $7.50. Tickets on sale now CALL 336.2720. It’s all part of N OVELLD FESTIVAL O F Reading, October 1 B-24-. presented by The Library and WSOC-TV/Family Focus. Don’t miss A SINGLE WORD. □ □SPONSORED BY APPLE Book Company, The Charlotte Post, Our Kids and Teens and USAir. Whole Sirloin Tips thought the word "nigger" would come up. Danson, too. Is thrown. A statement Is sued by the actor said his in tent "was to amuse my dear friend Whoopi In what 1 thought was the privacy of the Friars Club." In an offi cial statement, the Friars Club apologized and said they were "r-addened by the racially offensive nature of some of the material." But for all the flap, has no one yet stopped to examine that Danson's Intent was hardly to offend black women? In fact. It was blatantly appar ent that he had a great deal of love for at least one. So how does Whoopi feel? She called Danson her best friend In the world. "But," she told one re porter, "If you're asking are we going to run off and get married, the answer Is no. I love him as a best friend. But as far as being in love, I don't want to be In love with any body." (That's the voice of age, perhaps even wisdom). A Real Super Freak: Turns out Rick Jaipes could have been talking about himself when he penned the 1981 smash "Super Freak." Just recently, Rick James was convicted of assaulting a woman and holding her against her will, while tor turing her with a hot cocaine pipe. 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