New Forms of EntertainmentChapter 9 section 2

Why? There was more leisure time for people. More money to spend on entertainment More urban nation so looking for things to do

Vaudeville and Minstrel Shows

Most popular live entertainment= vaudeville: inexpensive variety show 1870s

Minstrel show- before vaudeville White actors in “black face” (exaggerated makeup) Racial stereotypes Sometimes had actual black performers still in “black

face”

Movies 20th century Competition for vaudeville Great Train Robbery= 1903 Nickelodeons- theaters set up in converted stores or

warehouses. Charged a nickel admission. Short films. Technology allowed for longer movies

Silent films (Charlie Chaplin) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VvKIHsj9ZY

Movie palaces- full orchestra accompaniment

The Circus Annual visits Advance crews come,

fliers Circus train comes, big

top is put up, parade, paid performance

Dream of running away to join the circus

Amusement Parks The trolley technology was used to make amusement

parks Ferris wheel, roller coasters Music, games of skill, vaudeville, beaches, and rides

Sports Boxing, horse racing, BASEBALL, football, basketball Entrepreneurs closed fields and charged admission Leagues and championship games 1869- Cincinnati Red Stockings Players were paid 1870s 1880s football formed from rugby Basketball= American

Women Sports Bicycling Got rid of corsets

and changed to shirtwaists

Basketball for women in college “women’s rules”

Ice skating, tennis, gymnastics, swimming

Still had to dress appropriately

Newspapers Read for entertainment now. New machinery allowed for whole

lines of text to be printed Different sections (sports, comics,

women’s pages, Sunday editions etc.)

Competition between newspapers = try to find interesting sometimes gross details about things to sell more papers

Yellow journalism-sensational news coverage to sell more papers

Magazines 1879 Congress lowered postal

rates Helpful articles, fiction,

advertising Stories that appealed to

American ideals Rags to riches through hard

work, cheerful attitude Gave working class hope

Popular Fiction Rags to riches Adventures “dime novels” Educated readers read more serious things Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn People got to explore other parts of the country

through the books

The Negro Spiritual A series of concerts in 1871

that introduced African American religious folk songs (spirituals) to white audiences.

Saved the Fisk University Fisk Jubilee singers (former

slaves or children of slaves) toured the US, England, and Europe

American art form, NOT seen as a purely African American one

Ragtime and Jazz Ragtime originated among black musicians in the

South and Midwest 1880s Maple Leaf Rag- song that became popular and

spread jazz all over the country http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57DCa6cboHA&feature=fvst

Jazz = New Orleans “Jazzed up” versions of familiar melodies (hymns or

blues songs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMLOKhhRqNo

Music at Home People could listen to music without making it

themselves Player piano- paper roll was “played” by wooden

fingers to reproduce the music recorded on the roll. Foot pedals required no skill from the player

Phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison 1877 Played music and became very popular

Spread music and created hits and stars Music business