Staging the criminal: In the Tenderloin, freak drama and the criminal celebrity
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'In the Tenderloin' was a five-part melodrama that represented a new entertainment genre, freak drama. It digressed from the nineteenth century melodrama which portrayed relationships as being good and evil with no room for shades of gray, as it was the first time that real life convicts were brought on stage and in doing so, it transformed and redefined the meaning of the criminal since they were not treated as melodramatic examples of evil, or a marginalized deviant, but as a celebrity.
Publication Name: Prospects
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0361-2333
Year: 2005
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Johnny Ace: a case study in the diffusion and transformation of minority culture
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Johnny Ace's 'Pledging My Love' of 1955 marked the transition between rhythm and blues and rock'n' roll. Before that time, black rhythm and blues recordings were 'covered' by white versions which were more widely distributed and promoted. Ace's dramatic early death by Russian roulette made him an icon of the emerging youth culture and ensured that his performance of 'Pledging My Love' would be the one favored by whites.
Publication Name: Prospects
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0361-2333
Year: 1992
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