Babes in Arms Judy Garland Mickey Rooney Blackface Minstrels

Описание: #blackface #racism #minstrelshow
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney don Blackface in Babes in Arms (1939) while performing as Mr Tambo and Mr Bones in a minstrel show. Judy’s salary for the film was her contractual $500 per week; Mickey was given his contractual $900 per week plus a $7,500 bonus after completion. Mickey Rooney was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
Judy performed in blackface in three movies during her career; Everybody Sing (1938)    • Judy Garland as a Blackface Pickaninny in ...   , Babes in Arms (1939)    • Babes in Arms Judy Garland Mickey Rooney B...   and Babes on Broadway (1941)    • Babes On Broadway  Judy Garland Mickey Roo...   . True fans should love Judy Garland for everything else she did and not try to defend her for doing this by claiming she had no agency or sense of what was right and wrong for that time. On the other extreme, condemning her for doing it seems a bit excessive as well, when one takes everything known about her into consideration. Like all history, it's complicated.
Read about the history of blackface and minstrel shows at: http://www.black-face.com
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