minstrel
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These would influence the American musical, but also shaping the genre were homegrown entertainments—the minstrel show, the revues of Florenz Ziegfeld, vaudeville and burlesque.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
His father, who died when Marshall was 10, occasionally sang in a minstrel act and Marshall’s sister, actor Joanne Dru, worked as a showgirl at the Copa Club.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
However, the banjo's creation eventually became a blending between West African and European traditions mostly due to minstrel shows in the 1800s.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024
It was there that he began to imbibe the crazy quilt music of the South, with blues and jazz filtered through snatches of country and the minstrel and medicine shows that traveled through town.
From New York Times • May 29, 2022
Gangsta rap—while it may amount to little more than a minstrel show when it appears on MTV today—has its roots in the struggle for a positive identity among outcasts.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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