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black bottom

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black bottom
n
(Performing Arts / Dancing) a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips


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I remember in the Broadway version of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom the character played by Charles Dutton does this monologue where he curses out God.
August Wilson's tenure as a national figure in the American theater began in 1984 with his brilliant play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
His 10-part chronicle of black life--one for every decade of the 20th century--debuted on Broadway with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in 1984, during a time when black culture was virtually ignored by Broadway.
 
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