ENGL 281 Lecture 18: Minstrel Show
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Blackface performers are, "the filthy scum of white society, who have stolen from us a complexion denied them by nature, in which to make money, and pander to the corrupt taste of their white fellow citizens. " Father of american minstrelsy: thomas dartmouth "daddy" rice (1808-60: 1828: performed a song-and-dance routine in blackface and tattered clothes. A preposterous stump speech served as the highlight of this second act, during which a performer spoke in outrageous malapropisms as he lectured. America was not content with only abusing and oppressing blacks in all ways possible, they. Obsession with the black body, speech and sexuality had to be meted out in the form of public entertainment: public venture, control of the public image of black, remains the dominant force in american entertainment. Cultural theft: the 1st rap song was rapture by blondie: 1985 no. 1 album of rap was by beastie boys, a white group: eminem is the best selling artist ever.
