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BRIDGES: It was the first time we've seen a white man adopt two Black kids
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It was the first timewe've seen a white manadopt two Black kids

Gary • 2024
BRIDGES: It was the first time
we've seen a white man
adopt two Black kids

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BRIDGES: It was the first time we've seen a white man adopt two Black kids.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:05
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
RAW

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Movie Summary

Explores Gary Coleman's rise to fame as a child star, his struggles with living in the spotlight, financial troubles, depression, and the controversy surrounding his tragic death at age 42, providing insight into his private world.
BRANDSTEIN: For some white people, the show was unfavorable. - Gary 00:05
BRANDSTEIN: For some white people, the show was unfavorable.
They didn't like it and they were angry with what it was showing. - Gary 00:06
They didn't like it and they were angry with what it wa...
Why is a person's color such a big deal to some people? - Gary 00:05
Why is a person's color such a big deal to some people?
Sometimes I think if the whole world was the same color, - Gary 00:09
Sometimes I think if the whole world was the same color,
There were some complaints from Black people, too. - Gary 00:06
There were some complaints from Black people, too.
They thought that Conrad Bain was being the white savior of Black kids. - Gary 00:06
They thought that Conrad Bain was being the white savior of ...
I am going to open up a whole new world for you. - Gary 00:06
I am going to open up a whole new world for you.
Trying to save two kids from ending up being on the streets. - Gary 00:05
Trying to save two kids from ending up being on the streets.
I am going to see that you have the same advantages that I had growing up. - Gary 00:06
I am going to see that you have the same advantages that I h...
No matter the hate mail from both sides, we knew what we were doing were right, - Gary 00:10
No matter the hate mail from both sides, we knew what we wer...
* Ebony and Ivory* - Gary 00:12
* Ebony and Ivory*
If you get rich and famous, you'll always be a nobody to me. - Gary 00:05
If you get rich and famous, you'll always be a nobody t...
He was a big man in this little kid's body. - Gary 00:06
He was a big man in this little kid's body.
Some of the things that he would say and the way he would say things, - Gary 00:07
Some of the things that he would say and the way he would sa...
Black magazines, - Gary 00:06
Black magazines,
I think I can force myself to be on the front page. - Gary 00:05
I think I can force myself to be on the front page.
Gary's catchphrase was, "Whatchu talkin' about?" - Gary 00:07
Gary's catchphrase was, "Whatchu talkin' abou...
Could I ask a favor while I've still got breath in my little lungs? - Gary 00:05
Could I ask a favor while I've still got breath in my l...
PERILLO: He appeared in six movies for NBC and two feature films. - Gary 00:06
PERILLO: He appeared in six movies for NBC and two feature f...
Satellites are launched and we are ready to button up and get some rest - Gary 00:08
Satellites are launched and we are ready to button up and ge...