... -face comedians, Baker & Farrell, a team of white entertainers blackened with brunt cork who ridiculed Negroes while portraying plantation material (McGraw-Hill, 143). Blackface shows, much like a symphony, were segregated into separate parts with distinct characteristics. The last section of the minstrel show was of particular importance because it stressed original plantation dances such as the cakewalk and genuine African melodies ... stereotypic myths that were unrepresentative of both Blacks and slavery. The plantation scenes would seem so realistic with Black men and women singing ...

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