Stereotypes about 'good' and 'bad' women are dismissed in Cabin in the Sky(1943) through stylish turns in costume and musical numbers. The all African-American production makes it possible to draw similar conclusions about racial stereotypes. Vincente Minnelli's directorial debut was a star vehicle for Lena Horne, but the picture also claims success through the nuanced performance of Ethel Waters. Ethel Waters plays a woman with a hotline to the lord as well as the ability to perform a nightclub song about female sexual desire. I close the episode with an excerpt from Lena by Lena Horne.

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