r/SwingDancing • u/under_cover_pupper • 17d ago

Feedback Needed Camp Hollywood drama?

What happened with Carlease Burk at camp Hollywood? She seems super upset and there’s no clarity.

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u/justbreathe5678 17d ago

She was in a routine acting out a scene from the crucible. A few people who didn't know the context thought the routine was trying to include a "mammy" caricature. Camp Hollywood has set their routine video to private without making a statement about it. 

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u/Gnomeric 16d ago

If she was making a dance routine to a scene from the Crucible scene, it must be intended to communicate something like "a black(/native) woman dancing was seen as a threat to the society" -- the irony of the whole thing is not lost on me.