{"id":3152,"date":"2007-05-09T12:12:45","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T19:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2021-02-05T18:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T01:42:33","slug":"one-potato-two-potato-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3152","title":{"rendered":"One Potato, Two Potato (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;My husband gave her what you took away: a father, a family, the only home she&#8217;s only really ever known.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Poster-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Poster-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Poster-128x100.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a white single mother (Barbara Barrie) marries an African-American co-worker (Bernie Hamilton), her bigoted ex-husband (Richard Mulligan) sues for custody of their daughter (Marti Mericka).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Cultural Romance<\/li>\n<li>Race Relations and Racism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s easy to see why this brave film about interracial romance was cheered when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. <em>One Potato, Two Potato<\/em> dares to show a man and a woman whose love for each other is blind to race, yet it never shies away from depicting the bigoted and\/or defensive reactions of those around them. Barrie and Hamilton&#8217;s romance is an issue not only for prejudiced whites (note the quietly devastating shot during their wedding, when a female attendant stares at them with ice water in her veins):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Marriage.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but for Hamilton&#8217;s parents (nicely played by Vinnette Carroll and Robert Earl Jones) as well: Jones in particular resents what he sees as the intrusion of whiteness into his hard-earned independence. While not every scene in <em>One Potato, Two Potato<\/em> works (some &#8212; such as when Mulligan meets his estranged daughter for the first time in years, or when Barrie and Hamilton hopscotch together in the park &#8212; smack of preciousness), they&#8217;re easy to forgive, given the film&#8217;s overall sincerity. This would make a natural double-bill with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30320\"><em>Guess Who&#8217;s Coming to Dinner<\/em> (1967)<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Barrie&#8217;s sympathetic performance as Julie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Barrie2-1.png 1359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A brave portrayal of interracial love in the 1960s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/One-Potato-Two-Potato-Interracial.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The final devastating scene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended simply for its historical importance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0058429\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1964\/07\/30\/archives\/one-potato-cheered-at-cannes-opens.html\">NY Times Original Review (spoilers warning)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My husband gave her what you took away: a father, a family, the only home she&#8217;s only really ever known.&#8221; Synopsis: When a white single mother (Barbara Barrie) marries an African-American co-worker (Bernie Hamilton), her bigoted ex-husband (Richard Mulligan) sues for custody of their daughter (Marti Mericka). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Courtroom Drama Cross-Cultural Romance Race Relations and Racism Review: It&#8217;s easy to see why this brave film about interracial romance was cheered when it debuted at the Cannes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3152\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69063,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions\/69063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}