THEA 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cakewalk, Jump Jim Crow, Homosociality
21 Dec 2016
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Imagined community (benedict anderson - people part of a larger community. facility through print media. ) Sentimental culture (humans born good not bad) On one hand is progressive piece of theatre and other it reinforces negative stereotypes: an adaptation. Novel to play: first published in instalments in the nation (a magazine) by stowe (daughter of priest) after it was published as a book (1851) it was very successful. Many have seen it in stage productions because of all the adaptions that was made of it. She was a pastors daughter her brothers went on to be pastors as well. 1850- 70% of americans felt that theatre was bad they disapproved (prostitutes and performances) Some carry on today in sex in films (video games!) Most versions retain key moments- death of little eva and uncle tom, Early form of syndicated entertainment - sit-com shows, enrich the vocab of the audience.
