英语词汇stepin fetchit的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Stepin Fetchit. American vaudevillian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry took his stage name, Stepin Fetchit, from a racehorse he had won money on, hoping that the nag’s name would continue bringing him good luck. It didn’t, in the long run. Stepin Fetchit instead became the synonym for a ser- vile, silly black man when Hollywood typecast the talented ac- tor in such roles throughout the 1940s. By the time of the civil rights movement, the actor was completely out of favor and out of work.

词汇	stepin fetchit
词源	Stepin Fetchit. American vaudevillian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry took his stage name, Stepin Fetchit, from a racehorse he had won money on, hoping that the nag’s name would continue bringing him good luck. It didn’t, in the long run. Stepin Fetchit instead became the synonym for a ser- vile, silly black man when Hollywood typecast the talented ac- tor in such roles throughout the 1940s. By the time of the civil rights movement, the actor was completely out of favor and out of work.
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