The 1930 movie musical “Mammy" is an important -- if almost shockingly racially insensitive -- piece in the canon of the legendary Al Jolson's career. “Mammy" stars “The World's Greatest Entertainer" ...
MINSTREL shows have never been my favorite form of entertainment. The elaborate ritual of this species of amusement, the very bigness of them, and the traditional pronouncement of their jests would ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Saw the ad for the Chicago International Film Festival in the Reader [October 11], and while I agree the Lewis Milestone-Al Jolson movie is a classic, the picture you published is not from Hallelujah, ...
IF you have ever enjoyed Al Jolson on the stage you had better run up at once to the Winter Garden and see him in “The Singing Fool.” If you don’t like him—there are strange people in this world—don’t ...
The late Al Jolson – who often sang “Mammy” while wearing blackface – was dragged yesterday into the debate over a move to name a street after a rabble-rousing black activist. City Councilman Charles ...
The 1930 movie musical “Mammy” is an important -- if almost shockingly racially insensitive -- piece in the canon of the legendary Al Jolson’s career. “Mammy” stars “The World’s Greatest Entertainer” ...
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