Many people have been interested in minstrelsy, especially the caricature mammy. There is something compelling, I think, about Mammy. I don't know what it is yet- maybe we see a bit of her in ourselves. Maybe we see her in the people that we know and love. Or in media- on the television screen, in works of art, on a pancake box. But where did she come from? How did she become so popular? And what is America's deal with Mammy? These are some of the questions that The Mammy Project raises (and then some).
The Mammy Project is a one woman show, a project by a woman named Michelle Matlock. Here is the trailer of the show that is on their website:
And here's a link to the website: http://themammyproject.com/
It's pretty interesting. You should check it out. Especially the photo gallery.
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