[78-L] Summertime [was Acoustic women pop singers]

[David Lennick]

estott at localnet.com wrote:
> 
>   I don't find it racist as much as I find it outdatedly sentimental, 
> and the dialect doesn't help. It's like reading Paul Lawrence Dunbar's 
> poetry: the surface mannerisms get in the way of good writing.
> 
>   Eric Stott

You've hit another of my pet hates..style over content. I kept wanting to 
through Doctorow's "Ragtime" through the window (and Doctorow would be the next 
thing to be flung). Movie OK, book drove me nuts.

As for dialect written into songs, somebody take Oscar Hammerstein out and 
throttle him. I don't care if he's dead. Er, daid.

dl

> 
>    Quoting David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>:
> 
>> Thank God somebody finally said it! I tried to watch a production of 
>> it about 5
>> years ago and found it racist and condescending and not as funny as Amos 'n'
>> Andy. Coupl'a good tunes though.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Julian Vein wrote:
>>>   "Porgy and Bess" is a load of patronising crap. "Summertime"
>>> has a great melody though!
>>>
>>
>>
>>