The Scottsboro Boys: a minstrel show like no other
This Kander and Ebb musical about nine black teenagers falsely accused of rape caused controversy when it premiered in New York. But its use of 'minstrel' techniques brilliantly " and brutally " confronts racismThe stage is barren save for a jumble of chairs. There's the tinkle of a band playing. Enter the cast: a white man dressed plantation-style, in a white linen suit and hat, two black men in garish clown garb, a…
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