The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #141280   Message #3252815
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
08-Nov-11 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: Give me the banjo ,PBS Doc.
Subject: RE: Give me the banjo ,PBS Doc.
Hello, Topcat. I finally got it to play. Don't even know what I did! My husband and I watched on Saturday night.

If I had been in charge, it would have been a different production, that's for sure. It was a very male show - not just because almost everyone in it was male, but because of its emphasis on WHO everybody is. Are you white, black, poor, southern, northern? Never mind how you play, identify yourself!

They mentioned the word 'frailing' once. Didn't explain it, didn't give a sound sample. That's just one example of the musical stuff they skated over in order to show footage of another white male expert making polysyllabic generalizations.

I'm glad I saw it, but I won't be watching it again.