A minstrel show consist of comedy play or skit performed by white people in black face. These shows orginated in the US early 1830s and emerged as a full-fledged form of comedy in the next decade. Minstrel shows portrayed and lampooned blacks in stereotypical and often disparaging ways: as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous, and musical. As African Americans began to score legal and social victories against racism and to successfully assert political power, minstrelsy lost popularity.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Minstrel Show/Black Face Theater
A minstrel show consist of comedy play or skit performed by white people in black face. These shows orginated in the US early 1830s and emerged as a full-fledged form of comedy in the next decade. Minstrel shows portrayed and lampooned blacks in stereotypical and often disparaging ways: as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous, and musical. As African Americans began to score legal and social victories against racism and to successfully assert political power, minstrelsy lost popularity.
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