Blackface Minstrelsy

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Sarah W

 

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February 12, 2014

 

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A typical minstrel show would have songs, dances, jokes and grand hoe-downs. The minstrel show tried to capture the "happy-go-lucky" slave that ate watermelon and shuffled about. However, this idea of the "happy slave" was very wrong. Since this was before the civil rights movement, African Americans were caricatured and often stereotyped as the lazy, shuffling, hungry and ignorant "darkie...
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Characteristics and hallmarks of the Minstrel show emerged from preindustrial European traditions of masking and carnival. Even though the minstrel show echoed racism, some people believe that it was a step in theater's history, especially American theater. It was the prerequisite to some of America's well known songs and dance styles...
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