Medda Larkin

Character
Name:	Medda Larkin/Larkson
Occupation:	vaudeville performer
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Fandom:	Newsies
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Medda Larkin, alternately called Medda Larkson, is a vaudeville performer and supporting character in Newsies.

Fandom

Medda is frequently positioned as a motherly figure to Jack Kelly, and sometimes other newsies as well. As this became especially common after the Broadway adaptation, in which Medda was played by a Black woman, fans have been criticized for playing into mammy stereotypes.

Example Fanworks

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Meta

• The Angel and The Deviant: Racialized Representations of Womanhood in Newsies by graceknor (2021)