taskhistorians·AskHistoriansbythewanderingbackpack When did it become unacceptable for white actors to play characters of different races (e.g, black face, yellow face, etc)?View original on lemmy.world7Comments7Reply
ggivesomefucks lemmy.world4Hide 4 repliesThey can still be a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude.6Reply
ggivesomefucks replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesMe? I know who I am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvqhlhXq9s Quick edit: But I feel like this is the most recent example of a white actor using black face in a manner that wasn't exactly problematic. Because as the quote says, it's not him doing it. It's the character he's playing doing it. Which is an important distinction, and answers a question that probably wasn't serious to begin with5Reply
sspiderhamster replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyGonna assume this is Tropic Thunder. I have time to write this comment but not click a link.1Reply
ggivesomefucks replylemmy.worldThe Yuri Wong song built off the sample of the quote. If you listen later and enjoy it, he also uploads a video of making each song. It's pretty cool shit.2Reply
klu9 lemmy.caUnacceptable to who? (Or "unacceptable to whom?" if you're even more pedantic than... I.) Here's a clip from a three-decade old movie showing a clip from a movie that was itself already three-decades old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Bruce Lee's reaction as he and Linda watch Breakfast at Tiffany's.) It was pretty shitty behaviour then and now. The change is just whether people not directly targeted by it realized it, or faced consequences for it.3Reply
aandros_rex lemmy.worldI think watching the documentary Ethnic Notions is really useful in understanding why blackface is uniquely messed up, and was invented as a tool of oppression.1Reply
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They can still be a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude.
God this com needs moderation XD
Me?
I know who I am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvqhlhXq9s
Quick edit:
But I feel like this is the most recent example of a white actor using black face in a manner that wasn't exactly problematic.
Because as the quote says, it's not him doing it. It's the character he's playing doing it.
Which is an important distinction, and answers a question that probably wasn't serious to begin with
Gonna assume this is Tropic Thunder. I have time to write this comment but not click a link.
The Yuri Wong song built off the sample of the quote.
If you listen later and enjoy it, he also uploads a video of making each song. It's pretty cool shit.
Unacceptable to who? (Or "unacceptable to whom?" if you're even more pedantic than... I.)
Here's a clip from a three-decade old movie showing a clip from a movie that was itself already three-decades old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M
(Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Bruce Lee's reaction as he and Linda watch Breakfast at Tiffany's.)
It was pretty shitty behaviour then and now. The change is just whether people not directly targeted by it realized it, or faced consequences for it.
I think watching the documentary Ethnic Notions is really useful in understanding why blackface is uniquely messed up, and was invented as a tool of oppression.