MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: H.M.S. Pinafore, Showboat, Otherside
14 Jun 2016
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Burlesque- comic parodies of serious works (mocking them) Blackface minstrelsy= variety shows, white actors portrayed black stereotypes. Operettas- light/comic, mix singing and dialogue (gilbert and sullivan- hms pinafore; pirates of penzance) George m. cohan- continuous plots, centered around ordinary characters in extraordinary situations. Jeromy kern/oscar hammerstein tackled issues of class and race integrated music and dance into plot (set on showboat) Julie laverne (her mentor): black, passes for white, married to white man controversial racial language (use n word in opening) Rogers and hammerstein= golden age of broadway reflected and challenged social conventions (oklahoma!, south pacific, the king and i, the sound of music) Bernstein music, sondheim words retold romeo and juliet through white puerto rican gangs. Latino influences ensemble finale= used to close an act, multiple characters and storylines come together.
