Muhammad Ali's first title defense, a first-round TKO of Sonny Liston in 1965, By the spring of 1965, Muhammad Ali had spent less than a year as heavyweight champion of the world. In 1965, Muhammad Ali and Lincoln Perry (Stepin Fetchit) teamed up in pursuit of a legendary boxing technique: the anchor punch.
That was called The Anchor Punch. He's like one of those plays where a man is a villain in the first act and then turns out to be a hero in the last act. Lincoln Perry, on the other hand, never got to play a character other than Stepin Fetchit. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.In 1965, Muhammad Ali and Lincoln Perry (Stepin Fetchit) teamed up in pursuit of a legendary boxing technique: the anchor punch.Ray Fisher and K. Todd Freeman play boxer Muhammad Ali and film actor Stepin Fetchit in Copyright 2018 NPR. Perry understood that with his role, he was creating a myth — and he viewed his character Fetchit as a trickster. In this piece, Stepin Fetchit gets a turn at, if not heroism, then a bit of redemption.
That's all? In 1965, Muhammad Ali and Lincoln Perry (Stepin Fetchit) teamed up in pursuit of a legendary boxing technique: the anchor punch.
Playwright Will Power knew all that. In the picture, palling around with Ali was actor Perry, who gained enormous fame — and then something approaching enormous infamy as Fetchit. Ali was of course mythic in the sense of godlike, but also, in the sense that Ali understood archetypes.Ray Fisher, the actor who portrays Ali, talks about the aspects of the play that resonate with him: "The idea of people wearing masks, you know, trying to be who you want to be, especially in society that views you as less than that..."History shows that Ali won that struggle: He won the fight, he defined himself, he came to embody his nickname "The Greatest." Joan Marcus/Courtesy of New York Theatre Workshop
Ali in his prime, 206 pounds of raw strength; Liston older and fading. He defined himself. The anchor punch, the controversy.
To Power, schooled as he is in African-American history, this photograph and the circumstances behind it simply did not make sense.
But I learned about them as being polar opposites," says Power.But in 1965, Ali and Fetchit came together in pursuit of a legendary boxing tactic that the great Jack Johnson was rumored to have employed: the All of this — the relationship, the secret strategist, the anchor punch — is true. Courtesy of New York Theatre Workshop
Courtesy of New York Theatre Workshop. Related Program: All Things Considered on WYPR. Too bad for you.PESCA: All of this - the relationship, the secret strategist, the anchor punch - it's true by the way. Ali was, of course, mythic in the sense of godlike, but also in the sense that Ali understood archetypes.
Lincoln Perry, on the other hand, never got to play a character other than Stepin Fetchit. He was recently married. His friend Malcolm X had been assassinated. In 1965, Muhammad Ali and Lincoln Perry (Stepin Fetchit) teamed up in pursuit of a legendary boxing technique: the anchor punch.Muhammad Ali's first title defense, a first-round TKO of Sonny Liston in 1965, By the spring of 1965, Muhammad Ali had spent less than a year as heavyweight champion of the world. "MIKE PESCA, BYLINE: In the spring of 1965, Muhammad Ali had spent less than a year as heavyweight champion of the world.
But he was perceptive, telling a reporter before the Ali-Liston fight: "People don't understand the champ.
This is called the Unique AccuPunch.” Ali expanded on the remarks in a later interview. But in 1965, Ali and Fetchit came together in pursuit of a legendary boxing tactic that the great Jack Johnson was rumored to have employed: the anchor punch. To me, I mean, I feel like that's something that everybody can relate to.
But then he saw a photo of Ali at the time, a photo that contained an image that Power did not expect.PESCA: There, palling around with Ali, was the actor Lincoln Perry, who gained enormous fame - and then something approaching enormous infamy - playing the part of the stereotypically kowtowing and shiftless Stepin Fetchit. But I learned about them as being polar opposites," says Power. Ray Fisher, the actor who portrays Ali, talks about the aspects of the play that resonate with him: "The idea of people wearing masks, you know, trying to be who you want to be, especially in society that views you as less than that..." History shows that Ali won that struggle: He won the fight, he defined himself, he came to embody his nickname "The Greatest." 'Fetch Clay, Make Man': Ali, Fetchit And The 'Anchor Punch' By Mike Pesca • Oct 11, 2013 .
Oh, too bad for you, Sonny. Well, true as far as a punch with mystical man-stopping properties can be. Director Des McAnuff.DES MCANUFF: I do think the play is not just realistic, though you might call it mythic realism.PESCA: Fetchit understood that he was creating a myth. But Ali did credit the punch with being the tool that dropped Liston in the first round. Courtesy of New York Theatre Workshop "Fetch Clay, Make Man" plays at the New York Theatre Workshop through Sunday.Mike Pesca, NPR News, New York.
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