One of the first black movies to come out during the motion picture take off era was the movie The Jazz Singer. It portrayed a black Jazz singer, played by a made up white male. In the late '90s, a movie was put out called Bamboozled, a reaction picture to that time. It stared 2 real black males brought in to be a part of show depicted the same kind of image portrayed in the movie from earlier decade. In the course of the movie, the two African Americans take over the show and basically say, "F-U, white man, and your forefathers for creating a mockery out of us."
Do think the message in that movie was supposed to be a concensus of what the African American population thought of The Jazz Singer, or the just the view of the two actors in the movie? Do you think think that the claucasion who, way back when, produced and distributed the TJS thought of what effect it would put on them and the black community, whether positive or negative?
Kyle Weaver
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TR 10:05am
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Bamboozled is a comedy that is directed toward black people, like the Friday movies, which is hilarious. It is made to be a comedy, with a bit of "FU" toward white people, but not in a hateful way. Its more like taking turns punching eachother in the arm. I think its all in good fun. As for the white people who made The Jazz Singer, I personally think they were just trying to make some money off black people with out stirring up too much dirt.
Pierce McKain
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W 8:11
Too much dirty? The Jazz Singer basically put dirt on a white persons face. They made a joke out of the African American of that time. They had white person play a black person the way they thought it should be played.
Kyle Weaver
AMH1041
TR 10:05am
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