Show Boat
Show Boat was first presented on stage in the year 1927, and it had a lot of characteristics that if presented to the contemporary audience, may be provocative or offensive (Ferber & Hirsch, 2012). The timing of the presentation was at a time marked by high levels of racial discrimination. Some of the words and dialects used in the performance may seem offensive to some social groups in the modern society. The setting of the show was at a time when there were widespread socio-economic inequalities, and it encompasses some of the popularly used words and dialects in that era. Even though this type language was acceptable at that time, it is perceived as an extreme and offensive language today (Wood, 2013). Many of these words and dialects …show more content…
Today a lot of socio-economic aspects are different from those existing during the first presentation of Show Boat. Racial discrimination is almost a criminal offense in the contemporary society (Wood, 2013). Therefore, any producer of an entertainment piece should be able to generate something that is presentable to all audiences across the world. This aspect is particularly essential as the predominance of the Internet means that anyone across the world can view the show (Ferber & Hirsch, 2012). Therefore, there is the need to conduct a standardization of the language that will be used in the new …show more content…
Such a scene may cost the producer the whole show as most of the audiences would term it offensive due to just this one section of the show (Wood, 2013). The play is meant to entertain but not to be a piece that would make the audience feel offended in any way. The Dahomey scene may have been included in the show as an offensive against the black people because at the time of the first shooting of the show racism was widely
Show Boat was first presented on stage in the year 1927, and it had a lot of characteristics that if presented to the contemporary audience, may be provocative or offensive (Ferber & Hirsch, 2012). The timing of the presentation was at a time marked by high levels of racial discrimination. Some of the words and dialects used in the performance may seem offensive to some social groups in the modern society. The setting of the show was at a time when there were widespread socio-economic inequalities, and it encompasses some of the popularly used words and dialects in that era. Even though this type language was acceptable at that time, it is perceived as an extreme and offensive language today (Wood, 2013). Many of these words and dialects …show more content…
Today a lot of socio-economic aspects are different from those existing during the first presentation of Show Boat. Racial discrimination is almost a criminal offense in the contemporary society (Wood, 2013). Therefore, any producer of an entertainment piece should be able to generate something that is presentable to all audiences across the world. This aspect is particularly essential as the predominance of the Internet means that anyone across the world can view the show (Ferber & Hirsch, 2012). Therefore, there is the need to conduct a standardization of the language that will be used in the new …show more content…
Such a scene may cost the producer the whole show as most of the audiences would term it offensive due to just this one section of the show (Wood, 2013). The play is meant to entertain but not to be a piece that would make the audience feel offended in any way. The Dahomey scene may have been included in the show as an offensive against the black people because at the time of the first shooting of the show racism was widely