So famous at the time, he had a syndrome named after him…”Sydney Poitier syndrome”. https://www.denverpost.com/2010/05/27/from-quiet-life-in-bahamas-a-star-was

So famous at the time, he had a syndrome named after him…”Sydney Poitier syndrome”. https://www.denverpost.com/2010/05/27/from-quiet-life-in-bahamas-a-star-was-born/ https://www.denverpost.com/2010/05/27/from-quiet-life-in-bah... His stage persona as the Black hero was so perfect, that White audiences ate it up, and Black culture thought it set an unrealistic expectation about what Black folks should aspire to achieve and White folks should expect. The Cosby Show was criticized for the same issue…a perfect Black couple, one doctor and one corporate lawyer, living in a huge brownstone in NYC with several charming children. A little too aspirational…