"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, " Minstrels in Hollywood and The Oscars (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 3)
- Podcast Episode
- 2019
- 55m
Song of the South's most famous element is "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," a song written for the movie but reminiscent of a racist standard popularized in blackface minstrel shows of the 1830s. Today ... Read allSong of the South's most famous element is "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," a song written for the movie but reminiscent of a racist standard popularized in blackface minstrel shows of the 1830s. Today we'll explore this song and the other ways in which minstrel imagery and tropes made their... Read allSong of the South's most famous element is "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," a song written for the movie but reminiscent of a racist standard popularized in blackface minstrel shows of the 1830s. Today we'll explore this song and the other ways in which minstrel imagery and tropes made their way into Song of the South and other animated and live action films of the first half of ... Read all