This is a trailer from the upcoming movie Tropic Thunder, a comedy starring Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. In it, Downey is a critically-acclaimed actor who undergoes controversial surgery to make himself appear to be black.
I know this is a comedy, and they aren't seriously doing this to a white actor like they did to Angelina Jolie in "A Mighty Heart" when she played a biracial woman, but it still reminds of minstrel shows where performers dressed up in blackface. The fact that it's done as a comedy doesn't change the fact that it is rooted in racism in my eyes. I wish I saw it as being harmless, but from this trailer it seems that one of the main aspects of the movie is Downey performing this crazy, misguided caricature of a black man, and how hilarious it is supposed to be.
-Wick
Friday, April 11, 2008
I don't think I'm ok with this...
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Im with you on this Wick. I saw the trailer and thought the people who made this movie were out of line. I dont know, people are going too far with humor nowadays. Good blog SON!
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