File puptcrit/puptcrit.0805, message 56


From: Jon Green <puppen-AT-mac.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 07:32:20 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] An Alumni Week surprise with puppet protest reaction


What I hate most about this the plain stupidity.  First of all  
Minstrel Shows were originally an entertainment of Negroes making fun  
of Caucasians.  This form of Minstrel Show never ceased.; so, the  
racism goes both ways.  Second, the Minstrel Show was always a way for  
those without power to make fun of those with power. The mask of black  
face allowed one to say that what could not be said otherwise. This is  
why it was a popular entertainment for women's groups and workers.   
Minstrel Shows are really directly related to Drag Shows,( which, of  
course, are routinely criticized for misogyny.)

One of these days, I am going to do a puppet variety show that is  
nothing but the "politically incorrect"  ethnic humor of the early  
20th century.  It would be interesting if people would be just as  
outraged by the Irish and German ethnic humor.  An then there is all  
the "low" Jewish humor.

Jon
Webb School, Claremont, CA
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