Blackface
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I think they interviews Ben Stiller on it. He said they were worried about the reaction but that black people loved it. The only people that seemed upset about it were white people. Go figure!
All I'm saying is we shouldn't have to wear full masks or non-authentic face stylings to wear a solid black-guy Halloween costume.
So white people will never be able to wear a legit Michael Jackson, MLK Jr, Michael Jordan costume... fuck that
So white people will never be able to wear a legit Michael Jackson, MLK Jr, Michael Jordan costume... fuck that
Bro I'm not sure if you ever noticed or not. Michael Jackson sorta turned white during his career. All you need is a curly hair wig for that.
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a 19 year old girl here was fucking shitstormed for racism because she "blackfaced" as Michonne from walking dead. If someone can't even dress up as a character from their favorite TV show, as bad their taste is, because they're the wrong skin color, it's just fucking absurd.
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Did you see the 'Honk if you're dropping off your daughter' scandal during frosh week?
Good lord.
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Abefroman
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It really is annoying as fuck. I consider myself liberal in a lot of ways but I am getting pushed more and more to the right because I am tired of people telling me what I should be offended about.
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I think there would've been more of a reaction to it if they didn't have Brandon T. Jackson making fun of RDJ's character.
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That poster though is for a 1900 show that predates the existence of a proper movie industry.
By the way, it should also be noted that The Jazz Singer (the 1927 movie with Al Jolson) and Tropic Thunder get a pass because the blackface is a core element of their respective scenarios: In them, it's not a white actor playing the part of a black character, it's a white actor playing the part of a white character who uses blackface.
By the way, it should also be noted that The Jazz Singer (the 1927 movie with Al Jolson) and Tropic Thunder get a pass because the blackface is a core element of their respective scenarios: In them, it's not a white actor playing the part of a black character, it's a white actor playing the part of a white character who uses blackface.
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it's the cartoonish feature enhancements like big bright colored lips that make it not cosplay, and that's why mostly what people call blackface isn't really blackfaceI don't consider putting on dark makeup to look like your favorite black character "Blackface".
IMO, blackface was when the movie industry didn't hire black people for their fucked up portrayals of black people so they would do this:
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they get a pass cause $$$ is a halfhearted argument certainly not a moral argument, and that's what movies are, at it's core it's a business.