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Originally posted by kddani
With all the blackface debate, I wanted to start a thread about this.
I don't know what the movie is called, but last night I saw a commercial for a movie coming out with two black guys who dress up as white girls, complete with whiteface.
Yes, whiteface doesn't have the historical context.
But when fair is fair, how is this right?
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A.) you should have stopped at the "historical context" line - counselor, you've cracked the case right there
B.) if you've seen a trailor for the movie . . . it's not "whiteface" a la "blackface", it's wearing a full frigging headmask that makes them appear, to all eyes, white. If you don't see how this is different from blackface, then we'll have a little Al Jolson speech delivered on what blackface actually was.
