Ferko String Band Mummers 2013

Ferko String Band Mummers 2013 in HD 720p

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  Film & Animation

[Anna Clemency]

@OhshiAppledrink It's offensive because the theme is "Bringin Back Those Minstrel Days". In American history a minstrel show was a black performer in black face, and usually makeup to give them full white lips. They would portray their own race as stupid and lazy for the entertainment of white people. That's why this is offensive.

[TheCatcubed]

Oh white people.

[Enrique Gonzo]

What a whiner! What else offends your superior sense of elitism and a liberal's sense of "right"?

[MFTOXICREEPER]

Around 1:12 on those little musical notes are black with big white lips

[MFTOXICREEPER]

Wow, I always loved ferko But this was just racist and disgraceful to the mummers tradition

[DocBlasto]

"at a time when black people were banned from starring on the Broadway stage,"[21] he promoted the play by black playwright Garland Anderson,[22] which became the first production with an all-black cast ever produced on Broadway;

[DocBlasto]

My initial reaction to this is disbelief, however it seems to be inspired by Al Jolson, the Jewish entertainer. He did perform in blackface (quite a lot, in a time when it was socially acceptable) however he used his fame to be a vocal proponent of civil rights and publicly spoke out against racism.

[nodabear89]

...Really? No. How about not.

[Lilly Marie]

wonderful job!