58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.worldimagemessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1459file-text
arrow-up1459imageTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.world58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square96linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoah, so hiring a white actor to play a Black person in blackface would be okay, then
minus-squareRejZoR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoIf black people can play a white person, then absolutely. White Chicks, best white face ever. Tropical Thunder, best black face ever. I’ll see my way out.
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoIn both of those examples, the actors played characters of their own race, pretending to be another race as the plot of the respective movies.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoI mean, Kirk Lazarus was a great character that used blackface in the 2000s… So, I’d say yes, depending on the purpose of the character.
ah, so hiring a white actor to play a Black person in blackface would be okay, then
If black people can play a white person, then absolutely. White Chicks, best white face ever. Tropical Thunder, best black face ever. I’ll see my way out.
In both of those examples, the actors played characters of their own race, pretending to be another race as the plot of the respective movies.
I mean, Kirk Lazarus was a great character that used blackface in the 2000s… So, I’d say yes, depending on the purpose of the character.