Vaudeville

The extent to which freedom of expression is applied in America is an essential question that has been debated since the freedom was first established in the constitution. One medium of expression, musical theatre, demonstrates the potential consequences of this freedom’s restriction through the attempted censorship during the 1930s of (insert the number of plays that were censored). A popular producer in that time, John Huston, commented on this issue when he stated, “I don't approve of…

Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is a 1962 psychological thriller. It is the story of the twisted dynamic of two siblings. Bette Davis plays Baby Jane Hudson, an aging actress who holds her paraplegic sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) captive in an old mansion. Throughout the film, Jane’s bitterness towards her sister sister escalates and even turns into torture and violence. While the film’s plot undoubtedly keeps the audience hanging on the edge of their seat, it 's the film’s…

As Nick matures, he struggled with responsibilities adulthood has in store for him; as well as war, death, marriage, and personal family. He learned so much about himself and life itself over time; as well as relationship from culture to culture and from person to person. He dealt variety of things and people and activities; which include his first kiss, first job, first breakup, high school graduation, war experience, earning a driver’s license. On the contrary, Nick realized what was most…

amounts of leisurely activities. The article Recreation and Social Chaperonage in the Progressive Era discusses the activities enjoyed during this time, “A wide variety of commercial recreational venues soon developed to serve them – nickelodeons, vaudeville shows, sporting events, amusement parks, and the highly popular dance halls” (Rosoff, 1999, p.37). The growth of women’s public roles didn’t stop with new leisure activities for them to enjoy, they influenced change…

He started in smaller positions, taking most anything, such as performing in Shakespearean plays. However, nothing for Moe stuck or became massively successful. That was until he re-encountered a long-time friend, and now Vaudeville entertainer, Ted Healy, at the Brooklyn Prospect Theatre. Healy needed a replacement act, and Moe and his older brother Samuel Howard were in the crowd (“Bios Archives.”). Together Ted Healy, Moe Howard and Samuel “Shemp” Howard formed a comedy…

The 1920s were an eventful decade. While the ’20s may have seemed like a carefree, fun, creative time that made the '20s roar, many social and economic issues transpired during that time, which also made the '20s roar. After WWI, there was a widespread fear of immigrants, which was referred to as the Red Scare. Immigrants are getting blamed for many things out of their control, such as taking jobs from Americans and raising the unemployment rate. Americans started to equate anarchy and…

Ryosuke Koizumi Ethnomusic 50A Harrison Charley Oct 16, 2015 Ragtime and Blues Jazz is widely considered as the greatest form of African American music in the twentieth century, and it is distinguished by the originality of its improvisation, the virtuosity and erudition of its performers and composers and its professionalism and artistry. (Burnim 163) Although Jazz is one distinctive music genre, some of the other genre influenced the emergence of the jazz, such as African American traditional…

in rural areas. As far as pop culture, there was a new form of music that was introduced, which was jazz, and they had the first ever personal automobiles. The flapper girl culture was also born into this era, women who frequented jazz clubs and vaudeville shows. However, what most people fail to realize is that the new lifestyle during that time was mostly limited to the upper class people, leaving the lower class to live and function in a completely different manner.The books The Great…

The decade of the 1920’s is commonly known as the “Roaring Twenties” and sometimes as the “Jazz age”. This is a period with a vast number of developments in the United States, such as the birth of the Harlem Renaissance and women’s suffrage. In the early years of this decade, America realized that there was a significant increase in urbanized settlement than the rural areas. Although conflict arose amongst the Fundamentalists and the Modernists during the Scopes Trial, this proved that America…

THE TIME OF ROMANTICIZED CRIMINALS In his film Chicago, Rob Marshall pulls the audience back to the roaring ‘20’s when jazz is hot and vaudeville is all anyone. We follow the story of Roxie Hart as she goes from stardom hopeful, to a criminal, to an American Sweetheart. Marshall utilizes theatrical lighting, intriguing symbolism, masterful techniques and a beautiful, exciting musical score and choreography to enthrall his audience. It is a musical so there are very many theatrical elements to…