tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post8572499194828765337..comments2023-10-09T04:23:42.233-05:00Comments on The Shelf: i've got plenty to be thankful for...J.C. Loopholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-17752526817805785532010-11-17T15:19:58.240-05:002010-11-17T15:19:58.240-05:00Hey Matt-
It's none other than our foreign co...Hey Matt- <br />It's none other than our foreign correspondant in that great foreign land of CA- I am glad to hear from you! Hopefully we'll get a dispatch on the Shelf from you sometime soon- over the holidays perhaps! Hope all is well<br /><br />RE:Minstrel Shows- yes, the blackface is a particularly uncomfortable thing for film audiences, and it's perhaps one reason why Holiday Inn doesn't get as much network TV airplay as White Christmas or It's a Wonderful Life. Fortunately, it does have a great DVD release and gets airplay on cable- it's one of the relics of the past that exist and we cannot ignore- and historically significant in other areas of the development of popular culture- the least of which is music itself. <br /><br />Another film with a similar scene from about the same time frame (3 yrs before to be precise) was the Mickey Rooney/ Judy Garland "let's put on a show" flick, Babes in Arms. Although in that film the minstrel show is a much larger piece in the film. The Minstrel show was still a popular enough piece of nostalgia well into the 40s, and remembered in the 50s, but by then, fortunately, the blackface aspect was all but abandoned as evidenced by White Christmas (1954) when the Minstrel show number was included, without the blackface and stereotypical characters. In a way, the topic is sort of the "elephant in the room" when it exists in other films, but only really discussed when Jolson in The Jazz Singer is the topic. An old form of entertainment that has had a cultural impact, both good and bad.J.C. Loopholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-35165997686183637732010-11-17T14:24:37.009-05:002010-11-17T14:24:37.009-05:00Hey, JC,
Greetings from CA, America's Great P...Hey, JC,<br /><br />Greetings from CA, America's Great Prosperity Anchor. Great picks. Those are two of my favorite holiday shows, and those are some great numbers from them.<br /><br />Both of these shows are interesting as well because they bring up the minstrel show/black face performances. Those always make me a bit uncomfortable, but I've had enough historiography to buy the "understand historical values" theme.<br /><br />MTFCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com