1. McClain was one of the pioneers in introducing '' vaudevillized minstrelsy '' , which opened a wider range of styles on the eve of the ragtime era .
2. McClain was one of the pioneers in introducing '' ragtime minstrelsy '' , which opened up a wider range of styles on the eve of the vaudevillized era .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Pick your answer from: (a). no (b). yes...I think the answer is
(a).