Re: [Harp-L] FW: Cadillac Records - Little Walter - Defamation

[hashbb@xxxxxxx]

 This is what Scott Dirks, one of the writers of the Little Walter Bio had to say:


"I'm less bothered by these and the dozens of other fictionalized scenes 
than I am about the scene where Little Walter is portrayed as shooting an 
impersonator.  This incident was apparently fabricated out of thin air 
solely as a plot device for this film, to establish that he was "one crazy 
M.F."  I've been chasing down the details of the Little Walter story here 
in Chicago for almost 30 years, talking to just about everyone who knew 
him or worked with him, reading everything that was ever written about 
him, etc., and I've never even heard a hint of a rumor that anything like 
that ever happened.  Of course this doesn't prove that it didn't, but I 
think it's extremely unlikely that it would have completely escaped my 
attention for all these years, and then suddenly be discovered by a 
scriptwriter who apparently has never done ANY original research on Little 
Walter in Chicago or anywhere else.  Dramatization and exageration for 
Hollywood is one thing, but falsely accusing someone of a murder is 
something completely different, and I'd be very surprised if none of 
Little Walter's living relatives object to this portrayal.

Scott"

Take it for what it is, a cute piece of entertainment, not edu-tainment.
Unfortunately there are way too many people that believe these fictional accounts
as fact.
HB




 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Kumpe <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:19 am
Subject: [Harp-L] FW: Cadillac Records - Little Walter - Defamation










 

 

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From: Bill Kumpe [mailto:okbizlaw@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:15 PM
To: 'harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Cadillac Records - Little Walter - Defamation

 

The common law rule is that a personal cause of action dies with the person.
Most states follow this common law rule with a few exceptions like New
Jersey.  Having said that and meaning no disrespect whatsoever for his work
which I deeply admire, everything I have ever read or heard about Little
Walter suggests that he was a deeply troubled, frequently violent, terribly
addicted soul with a vicious temper.  That does not mean that he murdered
the person as depicted in the movie but he was in fact a pretty bad dude.

 

Bill Kumpe

Attorney at Law

320 S. Boston, Ste. 1026

Tulsa, OK  74103

 

 

 

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