Sentences with phrase «blackface performers»
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If Mr. Lee meant to bring back blackface entertainment as a metaphor for the current black performers he finds obnoxious, he has miscalculated.
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Lovell's disturbing assemblage Cake Walk (2008) explores a precursor to blackface in which slaves twirled canes and danced in high society garments to entertain their masters, who awarded a cake to the best performer.
At this event, Vereen, who had recently won a Tony Award for his performance in Pippin, staged a musical number in homage to the trailblazing vaudeville performer Bert Williams, who, because of racist laws dictating who could appear on stage, always performed in blackface.