Archive for: minstrelsy

Attempting to Answer the Questions Darkest America Doesn’t

The appeal and repulsion of blackface minstrelsy, for both blacks and whites.

Robert Stanley Martin: Just to clarify: I was really happy when it was announced that Jackman was...
Jones, one of the Jones boys: yeah, there was this weird meme around the oscars of how we all...
Ng Suat Tong: Samantha Barks probably got the part because she made such a good showing during...
Noah Berlatsky: Oh, no; I got that you liked her. There’s just this “Anne Hathaway is...
Richard Cook: I don’t hate her! I liked her a lot in Dark Knight Rises – she was the...