BL ST 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Casino De Paris, Josephine Baker, Louis Mitchell
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Classic jazz included french elements and syncopated versions of popular french songs. 1st innovation: mitchell created a black paris jazz space. Mitchell"s by louis mitchel in 1924 but renamed to chez florence for florence embry. 2nd innovation: she invented the program for the black paris nightclub. Bricktop (from harlem) cried when she got to le grand duc (in france) Langston hughes in paris convinced her to stay a while. Difference between zelli"s and le grand duc. Monico bricktop"s club - her own club, her picture in the front. Black women able to have own club in france! 3rd innovation: black fashion high social standing clubs in french slum. 4th innovation: black women are the stars in paris. John steinbeck thrown out for ungentlemanly behavior . Sent taxi of roses to appeal to her again. Black women artists brought to paris: cultural capital of their communities, made it available transnationally. Do comic gestures to create dissonant humor.
