Minstrel show
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| - | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right||This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] | + | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|200px|right||This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] |
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| The '''minstrel show''', or '''minstrelsy''', was an [[United States|American]] entertainment consisting of comic skits, [[variety show|variety]] acts, [[dance|dancing]], and [[music]], performed by white people in [[blackface]]. | The '''minstrel show''', or '''minstrelsy''', was an [[United States|American]] entertainment consisting of comic skits, [[variety show|variety]] acts, [[dance|dancing]], and [[music]], performed by white people in [[blackface]]. | ||
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| + | * [[Blackface]] | ||
| + | * [[List of blackface minstrel songs]] | ||
| + | * [[List of blackface minstrel troupes]] | ||
| + | * [[Coon song]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Black and White Minstrel Show]]'', a British television and theatre show of the American traditional genre in the 1960s and 1970s | ||
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The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface.
See also
- Blackface
- List of blackface minstrel songs
- List of blackface minstrel troupes
- Coon song
- The Black and White Minstrel Show, a British television and theatre show of the American traditional genre in the 1960s and 1970s
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