COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Melodrama, Citizen Kane, Carbonated Water
4 Dec 2018
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High-brow symphonic and theatrical productions drew modest audiences. People were far more interested in popular entertainment. Children"s and family-oriented programs were popular too though, including. The most popular show at the end of the 1920s was amos n" andy. Radio became the first electronic hearth, bringing families (and nations) together. An electric return to oral culture and representing a departure from literacy. Radio, an extension of, and a new twist on, theater during its golden age in the 1930s and 1940s (early radio mimics live theater) Amosd n" andy shamelessly stereotyped two african-american cab owners. The show as not only offensive by modern standards, it was also offensive to some people by the standards of the 1920s. The show provided occasional glimpses into the real world of african- E. g. depicted an innocent amos undergoing brutal undergoing brutal interrogation by police.
