Watch the DVD The King and I a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 1956 about an English widow in
Watch the DVD, “The King and I†a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical (1956) about an English widow in the 1860s who becomes teacher to the wives and children of the King of Siam (Thailand.) Write a 550-word paper considering these questions: 1) How does this film treat the concept of modernization? 2) What forms of racism are shown? 3) How does the American slavery issue of the mid-19th century play a part in the story, and what were the implications for Siam at that time.