A number of years ago, Ben Vereen starred in a show based on the work of Bert Williams--it didn't go over--minstrel stuff was revived quite a lot in the movies, sans cork, and well received--there is a very old short subject that TMC has been playing which features routines from on of the extant minstrel shows, and it is really amazing--I'll have to look up the name of it--so the acceptance is there--also seems to me that there is a black fringe theater group that does minstrel stuff--I guess you guys don't get out much;-)