Post #1213078

🧵 This scene has a racist context. The song playing is "When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo". 👎 It was written by 3 white guys (of course). It became a jazz standard played by both white and black bands. A good song with a lousy name. While this movie was being made Al Jolsen was singing "Mammy!" in blackface in the studio next door. The 1920s had problems. #jazz #film