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I mean, I CAN'T defend the movie yet, cuz I haven't seen it. But I also can't condemn it, because they did it as realistically as possible, and they clearly know that in these days and times, if you're gonna try some shit like this, you have to handle it perfectly.
It seems more like a jab at method actors and the lengths they'll go than anything dealing with race issues. For me, that's what made that shit so offensive in Soul Man.
You never know, they might deal with this in the film, and he might get his ass kicked for pulling such a stunt, with him yelling "You don't understand! It's for the craft!!"
I'm just saying, it's too early to say exactly what it's about or how they're dealing with this. So I can't condemn it til I see it.
And I said it isn't blackface in my original post to indicate that it's not the "blackface" in the traditional sense, like what Al Jolson did, or what Sarah Silverman did. Soul Man isn't technically "blackface" either, but since it's a white character trying to profit from acting and "looking" like a black character, basically all C. Thomas Howell was missing were the big red lips and burnt cork facemask. I don't know what this movie's about yet.
I also just can't seem to believe that a major studio today would release a summer flick with a white actor using makeup to look like a black man unless they were going to handle it very carefully. I don't know. I have to see it first.
The makeup looks really fucking real tho, regardless of whether it's used in an offensive context or not. http://thepasswordisswordfish.com
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