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Despite BSS' lack of connection to Harvard, the pantless crusade has been mistakenly linked to Harvard in the past. In 2009, one subway minstrel assumed Harvard was involved in the gag—perhaps the result of Primal Scream lore, or the correlation between intelligence and disregard or ignorance of social norms. As he sang an impromptu song, he quizzed a scantily clad passerby, “Are you from Harvard? …No? You should...
...Bronson” charms first and foremost in its framing device: Peterson is cast as his own narrator before an audience that seems to applaud at his command. He dresses elegantly, gestures wildly, and wears minstrel make-up of various colors throughout the performance, conducting himself like the ringmaster of some surreal circus. The stage, it seems, is Bronson’s fantasy, where he’s free to put his emotional world into order. When he’s first imprisoned, and finally alone, Peterson begins to cry; Bronson, on stage and in whiteface, by contrast, reveals that...
...mimicking suppressed minorities and earning money, attention and even respect," Noah Sow, a black journalist, academic and musician, said in an interview with the news website Tagesschau.de. Tahir Della, a spokesman for the Initiative of Black People in Germany (ISD), said Wallraff's methods hark back to the minstrel shows of the 1920s in the U.S. "[Those shows] came about because blacks weren't allowed to perform in clubs and theaters, so whites dressed up to caricature them," Della told the news website TheLocal.de. "Mr. Wallraff is using the same form, playing a role he's not entitled...
...described rap music as the "repetition of the minstrel show." What do you mean by that? Look at it yourself. Put on a video. If you look at it, you can tell me what it means...
Take its creators, for instance. Jack Norworth, the lyricist, started his career doing minstrel shows and vaudeville acts at the turn of the 20th century, just as baseball was making a name for itself. The National Association of Base Ball Players had been established in 1858 and Major League Baseball itself would be founded in 1903. One day while riding a New York subway, Norworth saw a sign that read "Baseball Today - Polo Grounds." And in 15 minutes, he had scribbled the words of his fun-time anthem on the back of an envelope - now on display at the National...