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Reader: Pam Grier was no star off-screen

Pam Grier is one of Denver's greatest exports, and last fall, Robin Edwards pulled together the "Top 5 ass-kicking Pam Grier roles" -- among them her performance in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. But Juror169 has a a problem with Grier's off-screen roles. Here's the verdict:...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Pam Grier is one of Denver’s greatest exports, and last fall, Robin Edwards pulled together the “Top 5 ass-kicking Pam Grier roles” — among them her performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown.

But Juror169 has a a problem with Grier’s off-screen roles. Here’s the verdict:

So she did nothing as Kareem became muslim and hooked up with criminals, Prinze drugged up, Pryor freebased, Davis acted as an asshole and her own sister denied pain medicine.

yeah such a great person!

Off-screen actions aside, how would you judge Grier’s acting resume?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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