Tuesday, 20 September 2011

1950 Blackface Routine

This YouTube clip from 1950 (see the commentary under it from CineGraphic) helps put things in perspective.


Actors Glenn Vernon and Edward Ryan apply blackface make-up while on stage, and show us how black people have been portrayed in minstrel shows for ages...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfiNT6AKG0s

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