re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I recall that there was a big blowup in Egypt when a black actor, Lou Gosset (of The Jeffersons) played Anwar Sadat in a TV miniseries. They were offended that he was portrayed as a negro and not as an Egyptian.

Saw that. Gossett did a great job and he does resemble Sadat.

Btw, Charlton Heston, who portrayed British General Charles Gordon in Khartoum, bore an astonishing resemblance to the real Gordon:

Heston was nearly a foot taller though.