This is a white actress playing an Asian character who is playing an African American character.
My question is: Was the actress wearing yellowface wearing blackface?
More seriously: Was the actress really wearing 'yellowface'?
Whopping it up with Indian headdresses is just boys will be boys in the 1940's???
Really?
Would MUNY have let them....'shuffle along' or wave their limp wrists??
Did young American sailors behave that way at that time? Undoubtedly. But depicting that behavior in a musical revue when there is no dramatic need to do that is just plain offensive. |
