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The picture above is of Bert Williams, the black actor that performed in blackface in the early 1900s. He was mentioned during our review. We explored the history of Black entertainers within the context of historical racism and the legacy of minstrelsy.
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The entertainment industry is heavily influenced by African-Americans and their stories. As it's the case for the United States of America in general, the entertainment industry would not be what it is today if it wasn't for African-Americans.
ReplyDeleteThe African American present in the entertainment had a huge impact on African American culture and on the culture of the United States. They shaped how the entertainment industry is express across every platform today.
ReplyDeleteI loved learning about the history of African American comedy. I grew up watching comedians like Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle with my family, so it was interesting to see how those comedians were influenced by the men and women who preformed before them. Without the African American actors who had to play the stereotypical roles of African Americans and wear black face, comedians like Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy would not have had the careers they do today. It was also interesting to see how comedy had evolved over the years and how comedy was effected by the state of the nation.
ReplyDeleteAfrican-Americans comedians, in my opinion, are some of the most influential people in African-American culture. I stated in the video we watched in class, the comedians actually talk about real life event and real life thing that African-American families go through everyday. They make us smile through the pain and in a sense brings our race close to one another through laughter.
ReplyDeleteBeing white, I got a lot of the African American perspective from the dave chappelle stand up cds that my dad played in his truck all of the time. My dad was a white blue collared steel mill worker playing a black guy's from DC's stand up. That CD is still the funniest stand up set I've ever heard. Dave Chappelle throughr humor that color of your skin didn't matter but your creativity and imagination showed who you really were.
ReplyDeleteTo see how far black comedians have come shows how much they mean to our culture. Laughter does the soul good and comedians give us that in this life.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed seeing the foundation of African American comedy with realized how every comedian helped each other. Every comedian that came after notable one borrowed some of their ideas but in the same time their were innovative enough to bring something new to the table like Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and the original Kings of Comedy
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