#but my favorite Donald O’Connor and Peggy Ryan picture is Mr. Big
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Liking entertainment from the 1920s-30s is a curse. The threat of blackface (slash other grotesque racial performances) is always looming.
#my favorite Jeeves and Wooster novel (so far) is thank you Jeeves#and my favorite Fred and ginger movie is swing time#also technically 1940s#but my favorite Donald O’Connor and Peggy Ryan picture is Mr. Big#do you know what this does to a person#and now I’m following along with blank check’s Buster Keaton miniseries and they’ve gotten to the movie with an extensive blackface scene#you can’t escape it!!!! it had such a chokehold on American comedy!!!!!!!#aaaahjhheifbgbsjfjbwjs#personal
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