or is your name from the Robert Downey (Sr). movie of the early 70's (late 60's)?

a marvelous movie-- a major "ad agency" hires a hip, dude black-- who is hired really as window dressing for the 60's equality movement. then the head of the agency dies-- (suddenly-dramaticaly!) and which point the partner need to elect a new head for the agency-- no one is prepared when it comes time for the vote-- so, each thinking to out do each other, votes for Putney Swope-- thinking no one else will-- and suddenly, the man hired for window dressing is the head of the agency.. -- He starts to institute some radical ideas..

The movie was very funny, played serious with common prejudices, and was at once timely-- and timeless. Like "a gentleman's agreement" or other films/stories of the type-- it was sometimes raw-- and cut to the bone-- but it was also very, very funny!

So putney-- are you a hip dude with an outsized afro--heading an ad agency? or just hip to the way of the world, and trying to change it with humor? --or as Rod suggests, english? or all of the above, or none of the above? or like garbo-- you just want to be left alone?


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