Redeeming the Legacy of Canceled Hollywood Legend Fredric March: “This Was a Rush to Judgment”

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As Turner Classic Movies gets ready to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Oscar winner's birth, host Ben Mankiewicz is among those calling it a 'misconception' that the long-time civil rights champion once supported the Ku Klux Klan. 'He couldn't have done what he's accused of doing,' adds actor Glynn Turman.

, and chances are that question will be answered only with effusive praise for the Academy Award-winning actor and his work both onscreen and off.

That’s why dual decisions in recent years to remove March’s name from a pair of performing-arts venues at two campuses of the University of Wisconsin — March’s alma mater — have drawn confusion, frustration and anger from some film fans, the Hollywood community and activists alike.

 

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StyleWriterNYC I imagine he appreciates the error 😄… but living legend GlynnTurman is 75, not 62 ✌🏼🎥♥️

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The article uses the word 'contretemps'. The first time I saw this word was just last week during the whole Carole Lombard-FDR kerfuffle... weird

'Canceled' means less than the usual nothing because Fredric March is dead. He may not have been a member of *that* KKK, but he was a serial on-set sexual assaulter. He doesn't deserve TCM's honor, especially not without that context. TCMParty MeToo

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So, when they discovered the mistake, they reinstated his name, right?

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