The Jazz Age helped to revive many peoples’ American dream. The music brought along with it a new social structure. The Jazz Age thrived in conjunction with the newly prospering post war America. When the music began to fill the streets of New York and Chicago, so did the people and opulence. Fitzgerald is able to intertwine stories from the past to help show a comparison of the way things were to the way they are now.
The dance halls were perhaps the turning point in heterosexual relations since it brought the men and women together for a shared leisure experience. Furthermore, women had more opportunity to go to amusement parks or theater on their own and enjoy the public sphere as the men did (to an extent). However, the old ways of thinking did not just go away. The middle and upper class thought the new leisure time should be spent making yourself better. However, most of the women who went to the dance halls and other places were of the working and poorer class.
Popular Entertainment of 1920 and Today The media is constantly changing. The entertainment industry is constantly evolving, and the technology that accompanies the industry is also developing just as rapidly. Social entertainment in the 1920s was a major focus of daily life for people, whereas today entertainment focuses more on instant gratification. Back in the Roaring Twenties, People went out with their friends to be a part of the revolutionary culture. People went to speak-easies, nickelodeons, and jazz clubs.
The decade of the 20s witnessed significant changes throughout the country and in all aspects of life. Bellingeri 4 The changes in music only further defined the others, with innovations as well as entirely new genres of music being further explored. The 1920s were truly alive with sound, whether it be in the theatre or in the home or in the dance hall, the music was unmistakable; jazz and blues were the driving force of a nation. Bellingeri 5 Works Cited “1920s Music.” www.1920-30.com/music. N.p.
People were beginning to see how much the black community can contribute. It’s obvious that they brought a lot to the table. For example, Jazz music was extremely popular in that time period and it is still listened to by millions of people today. African Americans gained a sense of pride during the Harlem Renaissance. For a long time, blacks were very limited.
Canada tried hard to take the best possible of it. The expansion of entertainment was huge when it comes to life of Mr. Canada. Mr. Canada was surrounded by various types of entertainment, and some of them were marked as immoral, but in those times of decadency, entertainment was available to everyone. Mr. Canada listened to jazz gladly. While enjoying himself, Mr. Canada has also voiced his identity in the world of entertainment and other fields.
After World War I After World War I, people wanted to have fun especially young people. So, they started to dance and listen to jazz music. They liked it because it was loud, fast and different. Life Gets Better Some people listened to a new invention called a radio. People got news faster and easier.
Scott Joplin had played in New York, and other great musicians followed in his footsteps. After The Original Dixieland Jazz Band played on Broadway, jazz musicians imitated the New Orleans sound. While not attaining the undisciplined and wildly erratic beat of New Orleans jazz, the popularity of jazz in New York increased drastically. The 1920s proved to be a Golden Age of jazz in New York. Jazz was diverse and appealed to people from every echelon of society.
The story discussed different music as well as different plays. It also displayed when African American was brought onto the scene and how they made an impact as well to the musical world. Ethel Merman was very much interesting to me. She was considered the woman that could hold the longest note with her powerful voice. What I learned about Ethel Merman is that she also was involved with acting as was well known for "There’s No Business like Show Business" which became her theme song.
It is a music that is not merely for listening, but a vital part of the experience is the swaying and the dancing that takes over one’s body. Moreover, Jazz has provided the vocabulary needed for people throughout history to express themselves at various times, especially so during the