“We Must Banish the Stage Irishman Once and For All.” That was the headline on a provocative article from the Irish Independent in November 1932, complaining about the new phenomenon of talking pictures.
“We are always represented as oafs just emerged from the troglodyte stage – just about two steps from the monkey ancestor. These gross caricatures of the Irish race are going to do us great damage.”
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