Topic: Marion Barry

Marion Barry Is the Gaffe that Keeps on Giving

Reuters

If you were searching for an afternoon face-palm, D.C. Council member Marion Barry is your man. In the midst of apologizing to Asians for calling them dirty and chastising Filipino nurses (for being nurses?), Barry decided to invoke the term "Polacks."

By Ray Gustini

Dec 9, 2011

The Smart Set

Eddie Murphy's Marion Barry Biopic Can't Come Soon Enough

Salman Rushdie makes a hasty offer of marriage to the one that got away, Eddie Murphy is rumored to be starting in a Marion Berry biopic for HBO, and Fabrizio Moretti resurfaces to kiss more ladies.

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