Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used by performers to represent a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon". In 1848, blackface minstrel shows were an American national art of the time, translating formal art such as opera into popular terms for a general audience. Early in the 20th century, blackface branched off from the minstrel show and became a form in its own right, until it ended in the United States with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Blackface was an important performance tradition in the American theater for roughly 100 years beginning around 1830. It quickly became popular elsewhere, particularly so in Britain, where the tradition lasted longer than in the US, occurring on primetime TV, most famously in The Black and White Minstrel Show (which ended in 1978) and in Are You Being Served?'s Christmas specials in 1976 and finally in 1981. In both the United States and Britain, blackface was most commonly used in the minstrel performance tradition, which it both predated and outlasted. White blackface performers in the past used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their skin and exaggerate their lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tailcoats, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation. Later, black artists also performed in blackface.
Actors: Eriks Chase (actor), Eriks Chase (writer), Eriks Chase (producer), Michael Anthony Huante (actor), Michael Anthony Huante (director), Michael Anthony Huante (writer), Michael Anthony Huante (editor), Michael Anthony Huante (producer), Martin Ramirez (producer), Elizabeth Vigil (actress), Joel Gannon (actor), David Sample (actor), Charles J. Sears (actor), Joel Gannon (producer), David Sample (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Yu Wang (actor), Chun Hsiung Ko (actor), Li Fu (composer), Ma Wu (actor), Yen-ping Chu (director), Li Fu (writer), Lieh Lo (actor), Han Hsieh (actor), Blackie Ko Shou Liang (actor), Han Chin (actor), Alan Tang (actor), Jack Kao (actor), Sung Young Chen (actor), Amy Yip (actress), Chung-Hua Tou (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Charles Laughton (writer), Erich Pommer (producer), Charles Laughton (producer), Helen Haye (actress), Edie Martin (actress), Alf Goddard (actor), Vivien Leigh (actress), Rex Harrison (actor), Charles Laughton (actor), Edward Lexy (actor), Cyril Smith (actor), Gus McNaughton (actor), Ronald Shiner (actor), John Singer (actor), Erich Pommer (writer),
Plot: On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
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Bang the bass turn up the treble
Radical mind day and night all the time
Seven, fourteen, wise, divine
Maniac, brainiac, winning the game
I'm the miracle Jesse James
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Quality, I possess some say I'm fresh
When my voice goes through the mesh of the
Microphone that I am holding
Copy written lyrics so they can't be stolen
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So try to save them your voice will sink
So please stay off my back
Or I will attack and you don't want that
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Like a demon I'm steaming, like a crook I'm fiending
Tell the opposition color whip creaming
Shredding skim with the lyrics rhyme breaking the bone
Through your soul with the tone of my microphone
In this game of life I will try to survive
And take your time you bring us all nose jive
Superman's strong, even in my last hour
H-Blockx in the house T-Love we got the power
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Stand up, scream
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I've got the power
Inquisitr | 18 Jun 2018