Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man: Difference between revisions

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The song, written in a [[blues]] tempo, is sung in the show by several characters, but is most closely associated with the character Julie, the [[mulatto]] leading lady of the showboat "Cotton Blossom". It is Julie who is first heard singing the song - to Magnolia, the daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks and his wife Parthenia (Parthy), ownerowners of the show boat. In the musical's plot, the number is supposed to be a song familiar to African-Americans for years, and this provides one of the most dramatic moments in the show. When Queenie, the black cook, comments that it is strange that light-skinned Julie knows the song because only black people sing it, Julie becomes visibly uncomfortable. Later, we learn that this is because Julie is "[[Passing (racial identity)|passing]]" as white - she and her white husband are guilty of [[miscegenation]] under the state's law.

==Repeated during ''Show Boat''==