| re: Happy Talk racist? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 02:07 pm EST 02/20/19 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:07 pm EST 02/20/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Happy Talk racist? - StanS 01:59 pm EST 02/20/19 | |
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| I don't think that "lak" is overtly racist myself, but I can absolutely understand people that feel that such dialect, if sung too broadly, can seem like it's making fun of the character. That said, I'm not very fond of "lak" and such words either. It always feels to me that Hammerstein was trying to impose some random set of dialectical sounds than doing accurate research in how such a character would attempt to speak English. Of course I'm also aware that some of this comes from Michener also - but as I said, Hammerstein liked to do these kind of imposed accents in other shows as well. And when, essentially, dialect in Oklahoma, Maine, Siam, and the South Pacific Islands all have similar sounds, you know he can't really be right. He was most likely looking for something "exotic" rather than accurate, and I can understand how some people can find that offensive. | |
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