Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
Length: 59:01
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Stereotypes are at best annoying, at worst really harmful. In these enlightened times, most of us try to brush aside these generalizations about different nationalities and skin colors, cutting inappropriate songs from older musicals. Today, some shows use race to make a point about where we've been, and how far we still haven't come. I'm Janean Jorgensen, let's take an honest look, in context, at songs from Peter Pan, Annie Get your Gun, Drowsy Chaperone, Scottsboro Boys, Hair, and more, on the next Broadway Matinee! (updated Oct 2, 2012)
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Piece Description
Stereotypes are at best annoying, at worst really harmful. In these enlightened times, most of us try to brush aside these generalizations about different nationalities and skin colors, cutting inappropriate songs from older musicals. Today, some shows use race to make a point about where we've been, and how far we still haven't come. I'm Janean Jorgensen, let's take an honest look, in context, at songs from Peter Pan, Annie Get your Gun, Drowsy Chaperone, Scottsboro Boys, Hair, and more, on the next Broadway Matinee! (updated Oct 2, 2012)
Broadcast History
KPBX Spokane Public Radio Wednesday Oct 2 at 11 a.m.
Transcript
Welcome to the Broadway Matinee, songs from the stage and screen. I'm Janean Jorgensen. Occasionally a form asks for my race or ethnicity. Usually I have to check the box next to the word "White" - which is true - my skin is so pale I glow in the dark. But I would actually prefer that, next to the list of First Nations, Latin-American, and African-American, the box say "European-American." My ancestors came from Denmark, Germany, Britain and French-Canada. Since those cultures were adapted as the mainstream culture for the colonies and latter United States, I've grown up seeing people who look like me in power and influence - politics, entertainment, and my community. That's been slowly changing, but the conversation between cultures still has stupid stereotypes that keep popping up. Hollywood and Broadway has a part in this conversation - at its best, it tackles social and economic diff...
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Timing and Cues
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Out cue: theme music
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Out cue: " ... on the Matinee."
Entr'acte:
Optional Instrumental music for your announcements
Act 2:
In cue: Music
Out cue: theme music
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