Entertainment In The 1920's Essay

After World War I, America was going through an uplifting time of good fortune and prosperity. This period of freedom, known as The Roaring Twenties was a time for fun and disobeying rules. The 1920s brought new and exciting things to American culture. Music, entertainment, pop culture, and fads were greatly impacted during this time in history. The effects of each of these areas still influences America today.

During the 1920’s music was very important to the people and exacerbated racial tensions in the postwar period (citation). The music industry began to take off because new technology started making it easier to produce and share music around.

Entertainment in the 1920s began changing after World War I. Because people had more money and were more prosperous, they were able to go to theatres, clubs, and sporting events. Although the greatest form of entertainment had been motorcars, it was a form of freedom that people had never experienced. Sports began to become more popular. “Baseball became popular with the great mass of people for the first time”(Fischer). Because of another form of entertainment gaining popularity, the radio made it easier for fans to keep up

with their favorite teams. Newspapers increased sports reporting. Babe Ruth hit a record of 29 home runs in one season. Charles Lindbergh made his first flight the Transatlantic flight. Also the attendance of going to the movies went from 50 million a week to 90 million weekly(2).
Pop Culture in the 1920s was mainly about women playing their role and jazz music.

Jazz music was founded by African Americans ,but was formed in New Orleans ,Louisiana. However, fashion was so different based on the influence of the jazz age it is also important to the Americans where it came from.It also used to help people with spiritual work and social activity. Radio was most played or used in the 1920s. It also helped in different culture to produce on radio stations.Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio, his creation brought multiple events into millions of homes.Westinghouse company started radio in Pennsylvania(Boland). Economy benefited women by living together to not have many kids. Generation age during the First World War but it had so much peace and

prosperity.
The positive man that was a trumpet player, bandleader, singer , film star , and comedian was Louis Armstrong was born on August 4,1901 in New Orleans,Louisiana his parents was Mary Albert and William Armstrong was a factory work. His father made him drop out of school his fifth grade year in school and work. Louis childhood was difficult because he did not finish school to get his degree his reputation as musician grow in 1918. Spent his summers playing on riverboats with a band(1). The impact of Louis Armstrong is his nickname was satchel mouth shorten it to satchmo. He was working with segregation and civils right that was part of changing the America.
Fads “is an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something”. Radio are created because of the fads and a sitting pole called flagpole sitting. They have been used during 1920 to distract people from doing terrible things that was already done.Women wore hat , shoes , and short dresses and did miss america pageant. Activities during 1920s was non-stop kissing , talking , laughing , and rocking chair marathon(4). Fads was to stop people from doing terrible and bad things to the society. People have to make that choice if they willing to be successful or just become a person you do not willing to be.
Dancing in the 1920s was wild and crazy it had people doing so many things. “His
fellow Savy Ballroom dancers and Chick Webb’s band performed it for 1929(5). Ballroom dancing is a two people dance are enjoyable socially and competitive in the world. It also be in a ballroom with numerous of people around and was very creative. Waltz could be solo or duet and a group it could be even more vigorously. Tango is the most famous dance in the world and it was many favorite to slaves , immigrants , and lower classes people. This is famous to show south america that this a dance people can do better because it was not hard to do. It was first use by a women then reach America during colonies. “Tango adopting a more “gaucho” style under the influence of Rudolph Valentino(Charleston).
In the 1920s people was so stuck on music , entertainment , pop culture , and fads because thats was the only things you had back in the days. They all accomplish events in the 1920s because it been numerous of things happening that people can not stop from happening. Also music was mainly dealing with the culture people such as Louis Armstrong. Entertainment was people going to slient movies. Dealing with sport such as baseball the popular sport in the 1920s.Fads was about women and how they dress in the 1920s.Dance was a solo or duet such as waltz and tango was most famous because of the american. The people had accomplish everything they suppose to doing roaring twenties.