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Tropic Thunder
Inlander:
On the other hand, claiming that something is "ironic" or "satirical" is too often used as a cheap justification for behaviour that would otherwise be deemed unacceptable.
Spluff:
Being offended by blackface is more racist than wearing it. By being offended by it, you're saying that it is the colour of the skin that actually matters.
KvP:
Isn't that a little bit of right-wing "racialist" bullshit? (You know who the real racists are? People who accuse white folk of racism. We white folk are trying to move on from our shameful past, but y'all just keep bringing it up! Shame on you minorities!) It's not much different from Sambo or minstrelsy. When you're revolted by blackface it's not "oooo, that black skin is bad!" it's got more to do with the caricaturing of black people as lazy stereotypes, lazy, watermelon-eating, etc. Same goes for jewface or yellowface or any of the old vaudeville routines. It's just this time RDJ is caricaturing the Hollywood "black badass" typecast, usually filled by Carl Weathers of Sam Jackson or the like, and to a lesser extent the trend of Serious Actors drastically changing their appearance (Nicole Kidman "uglying up" for the Hours, etc.) as bait for Oscars. In that respect it fits in with the purported Hollywood satire of Tropic Thunder. But tasteless as it is I don't know how much bite that satire's got. Borat had the same problem, in my opinion.
Ikrik:
--- Quote from: Spluff on 10 Jul 2008, 22:39 ---Being offended by blackface is more racist than wearing it. By being offended by it, you're saying that it is the colour of the skin that actually matters.
--- End quote ---
Whatnow? I have absolutely no idea how exactly you are trying to defend Blackface. What you're saying is that a black guy is being racist because he's offended by how his entire nation is being portrayed by some white man? If a black man tried to do something similiar (White Chicks) it's not really frowned on as racist but that's not at all what we're talking about here. The whole POINT of Blackface is that skin matters, NO one cares if a white guy pretends to be white (Mailibu's Most Wanted, most white kids I know) but when he goes through extensive makeup to do so it becomes offensive.
Tom:
Did people get all offended by the Wayans Brothers' 'whiteface'?
No? Not really? Well, RACISM!!!
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