I wanted to explore an emerging trope in horror media and the…interesting history it stems from.
00:00 – Intro
02:22 – Minstrel Horror
06:17 – What Lies Beneath
12:41 – A lil Tangeant about Ice Cream
17:22 – Dark Shadows
24:25 – Firestarter
36:51 – The [White]Devil’s Rejects
56:39 – plug
58:00 – Conclusive Thoughts
1:05:32 – Outro
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I am a big fan of horror and have seen all the movies talked about and none of the characters had me scared…… except the tapdance man. Chile when his part came up in the show I felt a sense of fear and anxiety I had never experienced before. The crazy part was I was literally having inner dialogue like what I am scared. I seriously had no idea why it scared me so much. Then who would have thought three little words could have been delivered in a terrifying way. Datt damn man dey!!!!!
Commenting to help the algorithm! You absolutely cooked with this video
Not gonna lie, for how messy Lovecraft Country can seem, I absolutely love the show and is one of my favourite horror tv shows frankly.
I Don’t Really Care About Racial Insults Like That Because I’ve Received Them All From Both Sides, However, I Do Love What You’ve Explained And Also, PLEASE TALK ABOUT DR. UMAR.
Bamboozled is such a powerful film. The horror of a minstrel show and the willingness of the audience embracing the caricatures shook me the first time and I still feel the yikes in remembering the clips you shared
Papa Lazarou from the show The League of Gentlemen is the first thing that springs to mind when you say Minstrel Horror. That said, I'm really not sure that it's coming from a place of an awareness of what it is that they were doing.
Yo this video is so good man – it’s just great – ya hit all the points I been thinking lately- this video is important – good work
10:17 did bro use a cricket to censor the n-word now I know you heard them calling us moon crickets lmao
Great video! Thank you for your work!
Also Katya as the Terrifier took me out💀
1:03:07 Clarence Thomas fucking got me lmao
I'm actually wondering if you've seen the first Tales From The Hood by any chance? I felt like it was a much better film, and it was really surprising seeing how much more bizarre and uncomfortable the sequel was by comparison especially considering the same creator was behind them
I need a list of all the series and movies which are depicted in this video. I need to see them all. They look like absolutely awesome societal critical medias.
Hearing that black people did blackface makes me so sad. Idk, about racism because I'm a white woman, but I know it's bad here in Finland. At best it's like "oh were not used to seeing black people so that's why we stare" and at worst it's "go back to your motherfucking country you #%!!%*#'insert a slur here'!!!111" or claiming that you steal when you don't.
Woah, this video is amazing! I'm completely drawn in by your presentation of everything and enjoy your personal academic style. I kept pausing to look up some of the things in this and am just appalled by anything I did not know.
Thanks so much for this video as it really illustrates a time in my cultural heritage instead of just reading or hearing about it. I'm forever apalled and empathatic for my past relatives who had to deal with racism, hatred, rejection, and the way racists profited off it.
7:47 meh some say
8:31 id ask the people that did it not the subjects
Lol a Ryan Murphy AHS Minstrel theme is Wild… I kinda want him to do it just to see what happens.
6 year old me thought bugs was imitating daffy after seeing that on a youtube thumbnail. Like a duckface.
0:47 Errr…Do you count 'Candyman' as a 'Proto-Film' or 'Missing Link' or 'Embryonic Phase' of this Genre? Or see it more as a 'Traditional Movie' of another Horror Genre despite its unique Setting and Lead Slasher doing a wonderful performance?
1:03:44 i like it
10:21 Token Hate Comment:
"Man you just all acting like 'Crabs in a Bucket!' I did what I had to! What else was there? Be Poor? I'm not doing that anymore! ….Don't Give me that Look! It's 'Just a Job' The Daily Grind. You have No Right to judge me for how I choose to live my life! Respect the Cash. How'd I get it? Don't matter bout that. Dont even matter about the How and the Means. It Works. And you're just jealous because you haven't thought of doing the Same."
-The Rationalization of the Thought Process that probably went into this Decision to 'When in Rome' Actual Blackface Performances for Black Actors despite the harm that would cause collectively on the one hand
with a side of Bad Girl from No More Heroes 1im at 18 minutes
its now hitting this is black people horror or a video on racism? not totaly sure but i thought "Minstrel" was a word for period blood. The video auto played here and im just listing occasionally watching. im happy im wrong im not trying to find blood outside of horror movies. i got so far without knowing what i am watching
22:33 >'Zip Coon'
So essentially White Southern Salt at the Underground Railroad's Existence that they shift blame unto for existing instead of realizing that what they are doing is wrong and the subsequent Demonization of the 'Free Northern African American' and probably how actual Racists see Frederick Douglas and other Aboltionists unironically in their Warped Worldview.
I don’t watch a lot about movies or tv shows but I’ve been reading a lot of horror books by black authors and I definitely recommend them (maybe start with the “out there screaming” anthology) for anyone who wants to see more things with a similar style
BANGER <3
Watching this with 1 candle
"You cant judge people of the past by modern standards"
Yes we can.
Yes we can.
It was fucked up then, it's fucked up now. They don't get the benefit of the doubt
I rarely keep watching a video when I see it's an hour+ long, but this is riveting. I had no idea about this stuff, and plan to be a 100% engagement data point at only 6 minutes in. (algorithm brought me here)
wow, really awesome analysis! i haven't watched them or lovecraft county, and tbh now i want to give them a shot. very creepy imagery and themes. there's a really great book about black people and culture in horror cinema, 'the black guy dies first,' by robin means coleman and mark harris. it's great film history, and i thought of it when you talked about tales from the hood, because the book talks about that movie a lot too.
This was so well done! Bravo! Insta sub
Great video! Changed my mind about the 'it was ok back then' excuse and really made me think.
31:44 Bruh 😭😭💀💀
This is a great video and I went to go subscribe expecting to see WAY more views and subscriptions for your account. You’re super underrated and this is great stuff.
Well… my childhood sure shoved a lot of racist imagery right in front of me, while also trying to tell me that racism was a problem that had already been solved.
… I think that's actually horrifying to realize.
The fucked up little minstrel bank that eats coins is a prominent symbol in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man as well! I imagine Spike Lee was aware of this which is cool
Blackface character do work very well for horror because they make us very uncomfortable with our modern sensibilities. Using them as monsters to represent the othering of minorities, the horrors of racism, and the pain of racial exclusion can be very impactful. Other fears and problems of our society appear as horror monsters in our entertainment. These are ready made for that….though I don't know how I'd feel about a teen boy having a poster of some minstrel themed horror character on their wall rather than Freddy or Chucky or Jason or having life sized versions of The Tap Dance Man outside of people's houses for Halloween. It is a sensitive and complicated issue.
Super shocked that this is the first video of yours I've come across. Really enjoyed it, especially as someone who loves horror
This is what I call the “New Blacks” black people who grew up in whites only area that discover they’re blackness in college start writing these movies/shows
not fully through the video yet but your contemplation of satire is really wonderful. i love horror genre analyses and this is by far one of the most memorable ive seen. you really get at both the critical analysis and visceral discomfort so well in a way that’s mentally stimulating and soul-consuming.
I remember looking at a cartoon anthology from the New Yorker at my grandparents house. The early cartoons were full of racist stereotypes. I remember being very confused why anyone would find this entertaining.
it was only in the middle of watching that i realized you don’t have like half a million subscribers and views. this video is so well made
Loved the video!
Okay but you're acting like this isn't what everyone agrees on anyway.
My wife was at a thrift store the other day and found one of those dolls, its crazy how to this day theyre still in some places for people to just get, got us real uncomfortable
"a forgotten, DARK art" .. im going to hell for laughing.
Its cool how Jordan Peele's work has revolutionized horror into a new sub drama. I really appreciate that we finally have creators in the spotlight that can show more perspectives than the white/cis/het stories that made it big in Hollywood
so THATS where the "welcome to hell mf" clip is from, wild
commenting to help bring more ppl here!! what an excellent video!! my mom keeps trying to get me to watch lovecraft country but i really think its something i need to give myself the mental space for or else it'll ruin my mood for a few weeks 😅
16:24 "NOOOOO YOU CAN'T JUDGE THE PAST BY MODERN STANDARDS!"
Who tf gonna stop me?
I think you did a great job presenting your arguments and were very informative. I'm still watching your video, so this is just a quick comment to help you with the algo
Oh, no… the tap dancer scared the fuck out of me lol. Jeremiah did SUCH a great job with his character, I think. Really sold it for me.
Great video, man! I initially misread the title as… menstrual horror… 🤦🏻♂️
I don't wanna talk about it lol.