Monday, January 31, 2011

Fred Astaire In Blackface

In this NYT article Alastair Macaulay asks, "How should we react today to 'Bojangles of Harlem,' the extended solo in the 1936 film 'Swing Time' in which Fred Astaire, then at the height of his fame, wears blackface to evoke the African-American dancer Bill Robinson?"

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