Popular Culture
For some years in the latter half of the 19th century a wooden statue of Rice in his 'Jim Crow' character stood in various New York locations, including outside the Chatham Garden Theatre. It was painted and made in four pieces, with both arms and the right leg below the knee being separate parts screwed to the trunk. Prior to at least 1871 it had stood on Broadway outside 'a well-known resort of actors and showmen'. According to an article in the New York Times it had apparently been carved by Rice himself in 1833, although a different account in the same paper says it had been carved by a celebrated figurehead carver called Weeden, and yet another article attributes it to Rice's former employer 'Charley' Dodge. It had long been used by Rice as an advertizing feature and accompanied him on his successful tour of London.
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“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
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