In article <Bjjdk.10166$LG4.517@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"firefly" <fireflyguy@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >The most important era in American culture?
>
> Oh brother! Haven't you studied enough to know that the American sound that
> became the envy of the earth came from there? Is anything not
> controversial, or are many so uneducated... I would suggest Ken Burns'
> "Jazz". You might find a DVD set at your local library.
If you're looking for early jazz, while the roots are based in places
like New Orleans, what is regarded as jazz is about 80 years after the
Civil War. So the period is wrong. For the 40's, while N.O. is still
very relevant, it would also be important to look at New York.
> >"Poor-folk" characters? Any particular racial composition?
>
> The artists were of all races, but the originators of the sound and the
> dance style mentioned were black.
>
> >You know that Disney hasn't released "Song of the South" in decades due
> >to the racial problems it would likely inflame?
>
> The thing that would make Dixieland greatly received by blacks is because
> the characters are the hero of the American musical sound and dance. Heroes
> don't need to go white face; the pride is inestimable.
Yes, but having "poor folk" blacks and only blacks would be racially
insensitive. It's one thing to study history; it's another to put it on
display as a form of entertainment.
You didn't answer my question about men and women in the innovation
section...
Steve
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used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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