Thursday, June 3, 2010

Committing That Black on Black Crime Called Blackface

Shock and Awe with a political aftertaste. CTBOBCCB pays homage to Buckwheat (BKWT) via a self-muzzled/pantomiming character who navigates a racist cauldron of images while staring into circus mirrors for glimpses and reconfirmations of reality, by repetitively applying and removing black-face makeup. BKWT directs onlookers to release him from elements that haunt and define him including KFC fried chicken, watermelon, a noose, The Supreme Court's reversal of Brown Vs. Board of Education and flashes of pristine Caucasian enclaves on two 20in screen televisions. These screens flash a motley crew of visual memorabilia and supplanted nostalgic references to "the good ole' days" of minstrel shows then and now. Disney's beloved Uncle Remus and Tar Baby, Amos and Andy and the late great Al Jolson are juxtaposed with Snoop Dogg, Lil' Jon, the Ying Yang Twins and BET's Hot Ghetto Mess and abruptly interrupted by record scratching and static, creating an amalgamation of farce and socio-political truth.

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