Flying Funny: My Life without a Net by Riggs Dudley

Author:Riggs, Dudley [Riggs, Dudley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: BIO026000 Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2017-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

This was an international crisis. Nationalists and anti-Royalists both used the situation to air their anti-American rants. I had “offended Japan,” and now I was in big trouble. Everyone with an ax to grind found the situation a handy peg on which to hang their anti-American rants. I was feeling pretty bad, thinking about packing up. Then I felt worse when I realized that if I got deported, Doc would lose his job too, because we were in on a single-family passport. So much for trying to save a few bucks.

For three days I thought of myself as an unpatriotic American who had disgraced the Riggs family name, wrecked the tour, and bankrupted the All-American Circus. Then the Mainichi newspaper printed an editorial that quoted a bulletin from the Royal Palace that defused the situation:

“The photo does not insult the royal family. To the contrary, the photo reflects the New Japan. A Japan that reaches out to the West, a Japan that reaches out the hand of friendship to the World.” Perhaps our handshake signaled a change.

“We are going to keep all of this very quiet,” Mahatta said. “You are very lucky, but don’t get too cocky. I still have your Pan Am ticket in my pocket.”

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