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Thread #121919 Message #2690950
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
31-Jul-09 - 07:05 AM
Thread Name: Motley Morris banned !
Subject: RE: Motley Morris banned !
Reality check #2: The Black & Minstrel Show notwithstanding, more people would have the Jeeves & Wooster black-faced ukulele minstrel episode and subsequent repeats - (filmed at Sidmouth?) than have ever seen, or are likely to see, Border Morris. Al Jolson died before Border Morris was revived, yet he remains a far greater cultural icon than Morris Dancing.
Reality Check #3: Likening Morris Dancing to Tribal Culture is as fatuous and conceited as claiming no Black person has ever been offended by Border Black-Face. Bullshit. Go and dance it in Handsworth and see what sort reaction you get, or in Clapham High Street; or why not field a Border Black-face side in the Nottinghill Carnival?
I know of plenty of Black people who are deeply offended by blacked-up white Morris Dancers, and have told me so.