But some scholars are now arguing that far from being victims, forced to portray stereotypes, black performers in the minstrel era appropriated images of blackness, subverted them, and were early experimenters with black identity.
They removed every element that wasn't era-appropriate.
The third-person narrative voice, in era-appropriate style, is the book's great comic triumph.
The cast includes era-appropriate icons such as Matthew Modine and Winona Ryder (her best role in years, incidentally).
("Fucking consequences again," he thinks much later, though I was left unsure whether the possible pun is deliberate or era-appropriate).
The fact that the word's usage was era-appropriate holds little sway with those who'd rather it be disappeared for all time.
The house has plenty of era-appropriate sex appeal, with an indoor reflecting pool, cool granite floors and Le Corbusier furniture.
The music includes four versions of the song "Money (That's What I Want)," including a sassy, era-appropriate 1979 cover by the Flying Lizards.
