When did it become unacceptable for white actors to play characters of different races (e.g, black face, yellow face, etc)?
When did it become unacceptable for white actors to play characters of different races (e.g, black face, yellow face, etc)?
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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.
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They can still be a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude.
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God this com needs moderation XD
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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
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