58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6か月前TIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.worldimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1459arrow-down1imageTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.world58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6か月前message-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenoodle (he/him)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down12·6か月前ah, so hiring a white actor to play a Black person in blackface would be okay, then
minus-squareRejZoR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·6か月前If black people can play a white person, then absolutely. White Chicks, best white face ever. Tropical Thunder, best black face ever. I’ll see my way out.
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6か月前In both of those examples, the actors played characters of their own race, pretending to be another race as the plot of the respective movies.
ah, so hiring a white actor to play a Black person in blackface would be okay, then
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If black people can play a white person, then absolutely. White Chicks, best white face ever. Tropical Thunder, best black face ever. I’ll see my way out.
In both of those examples, the actors played characters of their own race, pretending to be another race as the plot of the respective movies.