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To: chajin

Probably shouldn’t ask you about “Porgy and Bess”.


12 posted on 05/22/2016 9:58:43 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Probably shouldn’t ask you about “Porgy and Bess”.

As a full-blooded Caucasian who therefore supposedly has no say in the subject...

I think Porgy and Bess is probably more true to the presentation of blacks than even the earlier Scott Joplin opera Treemonisha, in spite of the fact that the former was written by Brooklyn Jew and the latter by a black Texan. But both operas are worth experiencing, Porgy because of its basis in blues/jazz, and Treemonisha because of its basis in ragtime, both uniquely black American musical genres.

19 posted on 05/22/2016 10:10:39 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Especially the part where Porgy helps Porcelain make the bed.

Oh, wait that was Porgy and someone else.


60 posted on 05/22/2016 7:31:00 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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