BLACK BOTTOM Definition & Meaning

black bottom

noun

an American dance, popular in the late 1920s, marked by emphatic, sinuous movements of the hips.

black bottom

noun

a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips

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Origin of black bottom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

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She also earned Oscar nominations for “The Help,” “Doubt” and, most recently, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” another Wilson adaptation.

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Nyong’o, whose Nakia was the love interest to Boseman’s T’Challa in “Black Panther,” remembered the “42” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star on the fourth anniversary of his death.

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But while the Hollywood star has directed, starred in or produced film adaptations such as Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in recent years, it's his two sons who are taking centre stage for the latest screen adaptation.

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Washington's two other August Wilson adaptations, Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, were Oscar nominated in 2017 and 2021 respectively.

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She’s a two-time Oscar winner for “The English Patient” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

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