Ordinarily, as a critic, I would not interview an opera director. I like my reviews to be based on the same visual, aural and written information that every audience member has access to.
Trump White House report slams Smithsonian’s Entertainment Nation exhibit for linking Mickey Mouse to blackface minstrelsy ...
Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes spent 20 years researching the materials that would inform her nonfiction book, “Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment,” which explores the ...
Darkology, written by Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes, is a comprehensive, jaw-dropping survey of the grotesqueries known as minstrelsy and blackface. The book explodes the comforting notion that ...
In the 1840’s, across stages in America, minstrelsy was born. During performances, white actors would blacken their faces with burnt cork and wear tattered and unkempt clothing to mock African slaves.
A minstrel performs at a restaurant in Erzurum, Türkiye, April 27, 2025. The minstrelsy tradition is a unique art form in Türkiye. Minstrels usually play the saz to accompany themselves, and perform ...
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