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White people playing black parts
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middlehead
Diamond Member
But I can easily see him pretending to pretend.
destrekor
Lifer
But Downey is an actor. He made me laugh in A Scanner Darkly and seems like he has some great moments in Iron Man. He can play a role you assign him. And the role his character in this movie has, is described as a serious actor. It's going to be an atmospheric comedy that combines the elements of a lot of different people.
It sounds like a recipe for comedic gold, but it could also flop miserably. I'm expecting potential gold though.
theprodigalrebel
Lifer
He's made some decent movies in the past. I enjoyed Reality Bites, The Cable Guy and Zoolander. I'd watch this and laugh my ass off.
Atomic Playboy
Lifer
That is extremely convincing makeup. I would never have guessed that was Robert Downey Jr., and honestly, I still don't see it. He looks like a slightly lighter Don Cheadle.
I'm a big fan of humor that pushes the envelope of offensiveness (Drawn Together, for example). I think that people are far too quick to condemn something out of the fear that it may offend our delicate sensibilities. But these portrayals force us to examine why we consider these things offensive in the first place. It causes us to reflect on the nature of bigotry, race relations, homophobia, religious intolerance, and countless other cultural differences that we try to ignore in order to feel we are being tolerant. There's nothing wrong in admitting that we have cultural differences. As long as the portrayal does not result in harm (intentional or not), it should have a place within our media (hell, even stuff that does harm should have a place, if only as an example of what not to do).
I'm a big fan of humor that pushes the envelope of offensiveness (Drawn Together, for example). I think that people are far too quick to condemn something out of the fear that it may offend our delicate sensibilities. But these portrayals force us to examine why we consider these things offensive in the first place. It causes us to reflect on the nature of bigotry, race relations, homophobia, religious intolerance, and countless other cultural differences that we try to ignore in order to feel we are being tolerant. There's nothing wrong in admitting that we have cultural differences. As long as the portrayal does not result in harm (intentional or not), it should have a place within our media (hell, even stuff that does harm should have a place, if only as an example of what not to do).
Nope, it had more to do with the "plot", acting, and everything else.
KT
You two never really heard of blackface? If you had, you'd kow it's a stupid question to ask about why this could be controversial. You can compare it to the wikipedia article on whiteface to see why that isn't as big of a deal.
That said, since the point of this isn't to insult black people but to make people laugh, I doubt this will cause any problems. Robert Downey Jr. is a great actor, and does a great job at pretty much any role he takes.
QueBert
Lifer
do you know how much flack White Girls caught? I know white people who wanted the Shawn & Marlon ran out of hollywood. Some people are just too damn uptight.
he looks nothing like Don Cheadle in the pics, maybe Tim Medows.
as for why it's not going to go over well, just look back to the roast of Whoopie Goldberg & Ted Danson.
Blackface = bad and racist
white face = no history, so nothing to complain about.
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