http://operetta-research-center.org/minstrel-magic-story-george-mitchell-choirs/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://operetta-research-center.org/minstrel-magic-story-george-mitchell-choirs/#comment-14205 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:38:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12439#comment-14205 Not racist. The minstrels danced with the white girls and flirted with them so the show actually encouraged interracial relationships.

]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/minstrel-magic-story-george-mitchell-choirs/#comment-4435 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:23:38 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12439#comment-4435 You deal with it as with any other such issue – in context. You can’t judge the past by the standards of a different age. The show was never racist anyway. The word implies mockery and all these shows did was celebrate wonderful music and dance. So where is the mockery?

]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/minstrel-magic-story-george-mitchell-choirs/#comment-4397 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 08:15:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=12439#comment-4397 After watching these clips I can imagine very well why the ‘meager American performer of color’ would consider these UK minstrel shows racist. But they are an important part of theater history. But how do we deal with that history today?

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