THE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Character Actor, New Zealand National Rugby Union Team, Portrayal Of East Asians In American Film And Theater
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Closed auditions casting agents send actors/ actors are invited to audition callbacks. Actors are invited back to preform cold readings from script onbook. Script not in hand typecasting leading man leading woman young lovers. Created persona of jim crow in 1828. Stephen foster (1826-1864) father of american music; wrote minstrel show music and songs became mainstream hits (ex: oh! A traveling circus like production of uncle tom"s cabin. Pickaninny uncivilized; energetic; disheveled poor child (topsy in utc) Zip coon urban dandy; tried being white; the joke (city coon) Obese, wise; lovable mother;loves white fam more than her own. The tom religious; jolly; loyal; eager to please (uncle tom) yellowface white actors playing asians. 1910-1930s black vaudeville- no longer than 10 mins. Bert williams- toba (theatre owners book association ) Started out as black actors decide to help out kids and train them.
