Description

Starting time code: 54:29

Ending time code: 58:16

Length: 227 sec

Beginning: during sequence

Ending: ending of sequence

Outlines: no data

Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted

Structure: simple

Shots: 2

Average shot length: 114 sec

Performance: song

Number directed by: Otto Preminger

Performer(s): Dorothy Dandridge , Brock Peters

Cast: no data

Stars who don't participate: no data

Backstage

Diegetic spectators: no

Diegetic status of the number: no

Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music

Themes

Topic(s): challenge-fight and violence , break-up or farewell

Diegetic place: Kittiwah Island, South Carolina

Imaginary place: none

Ethnic stereotypes: no

Exoticism: not exotic

Music & dance

Song: What you want wid Bess ?

Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , duet

Dubbing: no data

Tempo: moderato

Musical styles: spiritual , operatic

Arrangers: George Gershwin

Dance director: no data

Dance ensemble: NA

Dancing type: moderato

Dance subgenre: no data

Dance content: no data

Intertextuality

Source: Adapted from a stage number of the same show

Quotation: no data