[78-L] Stephen Foster

[soundthink at aol.com]

Flip Wilson who did the same thing as late as the 1980s. He was basically a modern version of the minstrel "coon." A huge success in his day; you can still catch reruns of Wilson's variety show on stations like TV Land.

Cary Ginell


-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 3:46 pm
Subject: Re: [78-L] Stephen Foster



Bud Black wrote:
> Perhaps he wrote this song in black dialect because, for whatever reason,
> that's the way many of them spoke in those days.  Hey, how about all of the
> Irish tunes that refer to "me mither?" Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loor-a?  And all the
> references to "Micks?"  While we're at it, let's ban the playing of all Sir
> Harry Lauder records.  My Gawd, call out the PC police.
> 
> Bud   
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In Britain we have a comedian named Sacha Baron Cohen who plays a 
character called Ali G who talks in an exaggerated "Black" style, i.e. 
inner city street language. Black audiences love it. Admittedly he 
doesn't adopt the stereotypical slothful, indolent images of yesteryear.

      Julian Vein

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