minstrel
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- noun
- /ˈmɪnstrəl/
- Offensive
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[ofensivo] artista que actuaba en blackface
- Before the Civil War, there were at least a half-dozen minstrel shows staged by genuine blacks.
- blackface minstrels
- minstrel show
- minstrel song
And Whoopi stood next to Ted Danson in minstrel show blackface at a rose and thought it was hilarious.
- And Whoopi stood next to Ted Danson in minstrel show blackface at a rose and thought it was hilarious.
- And that shit came from a minstrel show, man.
Examples
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Another scholar who sees social criticism in the minstrel is Robert Toll.
Academic text (1990) -
This isn't a minstrel show.
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The show we are doing is a minstrel show.
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- It was a minstrel show?
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What is this, a Chinese minstrel show?
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What, are you joining a minstrel show?
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After the Civil War, blacks staged minstrel shows in ever-increasing numbers.
Academic text (2014) -
The peculiar theatrical institution of the Minstrel Show provides an intriguing example of that idea.
Academic text (2014) -
Small wonder that American audiences took the minstrel show to its bosom and made it a whopping success!
Academic text (1990) -
Many talented minstrels performed in the variety shows of the early 20th century.
Compounds
- Offensive
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A stage show where performers paint their faces black and act in a mean, exaggerated way about Black people
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Minstrel for the performers in 19th-century stage shows comes from an old French word for a musician and from the Latin minister meaning 'servant', because early minstrels worked in service to nobles by singing and playing music. Later the same name was used for a type of travelling show in America that often used blackface and is now widely criticized.