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LOGGER'S SHEET 116
LOGGER: AndrĂ¡s Goldinger
REEL NUMBER: 4/9
STAGE: AFS
DATE: 6/27/88
PRESENTOR: [[strikethrough]] Rayna Green [[/strikethrough]] Jo Rayna Green
GROUP NAME: Folklore on stage and Screen: The Good, the Bad the Ugly
REGION/STYLE: 
PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
Rayna Green - folklorist, Washington D.C.
Richard Kurin - anthropologist, Washington D.C.
Lynn Martin - folklorist, Washington
Marjorie Hunt - folklorist, D.C.
CONTENTS
1. R.G. - general intros to participants, topic stereotypes of Indians, "Tonto," Chief". stereotypes/images hard to shake - buckskins, bonnets
2. L.M. - [[?]] 5-0, Magnum - violent stereotypes, "quaint natives", charming; 
3. IMAX Hawaii film, vs public TV or.
4. R.K. - anthropologist images - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, monkey brain eating - 
everything [[antipethetrial?]] to Indian culture, establishment - makes ethics as "others" strange. 
5. Whole history of the other,- papal encyclical  - Native Am. as "human" not only film, - but museums - Indians, Asians, others in cases like rocks, not typical American
6. Am. History - white folks conquer nature 
7. Natural History - others blend in nature, rocks, shells, portrayals in film 
8. R.G. - focus on unusual behavior - what will sell vs. real world, portrayal of every day example - Navajos making film on Navajo rugs - boring to non-Navajo,
9. focused on sheep, not rugs - camera zeroed in on one design for 15 min - reflection - 
10. how to bridge to commercial &c
11. R.K. - entertainment - [[strikethrough]] recent category [[/strikethrough]] National Enquirer on TV was throat singers - imagine [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] headlines, fantasy more important now. than everyday,
12. dorms at Georgetown U. - no TV - Massachusetts participants wondering how to entertain themselves - [[strikethrough]] very [[/strikethrough]] people themselves involved in - 
13. audience - Italians portrayed in Godfather,
R.G. - New Jersey stereotype, Italians [[strikethrough]] as [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] portrayed at festival - audience - WASP portrayal.
R.G. - white southerners, Dallas - seen worldwide
L.M. - local self-documentation; sensationalism - entertainment vs history lesson
R.K. - TV intruding on traditional societies performances - taking over; hurt native arts - yet demoralization of new technologies (over

Transcription Notes:
11. initials R.K. followed by a curved line perhaps meant to insert "to entertain themselves - people themselves involved in -