1. A vaudeville show, often with white actors in blackface, portraying negative stereotypes of black people, showing them as lazy, stupid, oafish, etc.
2. A comedy starring Anthony Anderson.
2. A comedy starring Anthony Anderson.
1. The minstrel show had several actors in blackface shuffling about and singing old slave songs.
2. I can't believe I saw "My Baby's Daddy, what a minstrel show!"
2. I can't believe I saw "My Baby's Daddy, what a minstrel show!"
by John Big August 12, 2005
Get the minstrel show mug.A form of American entertainment performed by whites in blackface before the Civil War and by blacks after the Civil War. Minstrel shows usually involved dancing and singing. The shows portrayed blacks as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, joyful, and musical. For several decades, it provided the lens for how white America saw blacks. Today, rap music and hip-hop culture is nothing more than a latter-day minstrel show, in which rappers try to put themselves and the rest of black America down by encouraging violence, being promiscuous, dropping out of school, and excessivly wasting money on trivial things such as "bling bling" and gold plated toilet seats. All the while, giving white America a view of blacks.
Minstrel shows are alive and well today. It used to be "Jump Jim Crow" 100 years ago, but today it's "Skeet Skeet Nigga"
by shaunnol December 13, 2008
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In American history, minstrel shows were a form of entertainment that featured white performers in blackface. Generally, the performances were disparaging to black people, and the actors conformed to negative stereotypes associated with black Americans. Minstrel shows began in America sometime in the 1830's and continued to be performed in some parts of the U.S. until the 1950's.
In the "lost episodes" of Chappelle's Show, a pixie appears in some sketches as a minstrel in blackface, exhorting various black individuals to behave stereotypically. A notable example is when the "stereotype pixie" encourages Chappelle to order the fried chicken for his in-flight meal on a plane.
by TobyTheRobot September 30, 2006
Get the minstrel mug.Addictive circular pods of soft chocolate covered in a crispy chocolate shell, made my the makers of Galaxy chocolate. Become addictive over a short period of time. Some people in certain parts of the UK make bets to see who can go the longest without eating one.
by MelLem April 22, 2008
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Adam: Shes over on the corner trying to earn money off of
her guitar.
John: Really? She isn't very good.
Adam: Cut her some slack, shes going through her minstrel cycle.
Adam: Shes over on the corner trying to earn money off of
her guitar.
John: Really? She isn't very good.
Adam: Cut her some slack, shes going through her minstrel cycle.
by Pr3ngles August 5, 2011
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The floss is then tied to your partners big toe on the right foot while you strum it like a guitar and sing various love songs from 80's big hair bands.
The floss is then tied to your partners big toe on the right foot while you strum it like a guitar and sing various love songs from 80's big hair bands.
by Brinkman1 December 15, 2009
Get the Turkish Minstrel mug.A place near Shrewsbury mainly filled with druggies and old people. Most people from minsterley are rough and go to the chippy 5 times a day.
Oh you’re from minsterley? That’s unfortunate
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