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- 1923
- At the beginning of the 1920's dance marathons became increasingly popular
- With a cash prize too!!
- 1929
- As the great depression hit, many people were out of work and dance marathons were entertaining to watch
- 1000$
- 1929
- Many people entered these. dance marathons because they provided food, money, a place to sleep, and you could be sponsored
- 1929-1939
- We were allowed to sleep for 15 minutes every hour and allowed the spectators to watch for amusement
- 1929-1939
- The host would make up stuff to tell the audience. They would say random things about us so people would get engaged with the dancers.
- 1929-1939
- Many people experience hallucination and we committed due to the lack of sleep and being awake during their REM cycle
- 1929-1939
- 1929-1939
- 1929-1939
- I really hope the kind of exploitation we have experienced through dance marathons
- Early 2000's
- Glady Lenz danced for 19 days straight and placed 5th and then commited suicide
- Early 2000's
- My name is June Havoc and i just completed a dance marathon that lasted 4 months! It was 3,000 hours of me dancing!
- Early 2000's
- I really hate being a child actor, I have to do it because my mom makes me
- In the 2000s when there was an increasing amount of child actors, they were experiencing a lot of abuse and exploitation in the industry
- Same
- NO! YOU CAN'T EAT ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU ARE A CHILD ACTOR.
- Look at this mansion I bought with my son's money
- Wow, history keeps repeating itself with exploiting people in the enternaimnet history.
- Dancers from the Great Depression
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