Kareem's Insight

According to IMDb, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has appeared in 147 different TV shows and movies (He was a suspect on Mannix in '71!) That's as good an entrance as any, I suppose, to have a monthly entertainment column in Esquire magazine. Some lines from the first two columns:

I was a teenager when I first read Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”

One of the best models for male behavior in shows aimed at teens is ABC Family’s Bunheads, which features a group of ballet students and their charming teacher.

And that makes Django [Unchained] melodrama, not literature. It offers no insights, only the most familiar observations.

I have a vast collection of Wild West paraphernalia and have read extensively on the era.

Goes to show you can't judge a book by his purple-and-gold cover.