Description

Starting time code: 46:51

Ending time code: 51:52

Length: 301 sec

Beginning: during sequence

Ending: during sequence

Outlines: no data

Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted

Structure: simple

Shots: 6

Average shot length: 50 sec

Performance: song+dance

Number directed by: Otto Preminger

Performer(s): Sammy Davis Jr

Cast: no data

Stars who don't participate: no data

Diegetic spectators: yes

Diegetic status of the number: social event

Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music

Themes

Topic(s): fetishistic , community - communion and folk

Diegetic place: Kittiwah Island, South Carolina

Imaginary place: none

Ethnic stereotypes: no

Exoticism: not exotic

Music & dance

Song: It ain't necessarily so

Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , solo(s)

Dubbing: no data

Tempo: tempo varies

Musical styles: classic jazz/Dixieland

Arrangers: George Gershwin

Dance director: Hermes Pan

Dance ensemble: solo(s) , other small group (8 and more)

Dancing type: tempo varies

Dance subgenre: jazz , modern dance , tap dance

Dance content: soft shoe , swing

Source: Adapted from a stage number of the same show

Quotation: parody