Sandia Mountains, Albuquerque, N. Mex.....the beginning of the Rocky Mountain Way
let's start this week off,with,some class Music..
For the confidence man to find a comfortable home in the heart of American culture, he needed a mask. And humor has often become an intricate part of the disguise. From the Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor in blackface which were within the confines of ethnic minicry, and part of a longer tradition which began with the Civil War. At the same time, the appropriation intensified a sense of alienation and emphasized gap and distance.Part of what writer Greil Marcus has termed ” the old weird America”.
http://madamepickwickartblog.com/2009/11/confidence-menmasquerade-myth-and-art/
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