While watching the "Blacks and Vaudeville" documentary I got the feeling of being sick to my stomach. One line in particular stuck out to me "As hundreds of blacks were being lynched, their lives were being portrayed on stage as happy and carefree" The offensive black face characterizations are yet another reminder of the tense racial relations during the 20th century.
On the contrary, Josephine Baker represented and elegance and sensuality that could not have existed in 20th century United States. She refused to partake in the absurdity of Minstrel shows and was sexual in a time of sexual repression.
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