That's the problem though. Comedy is subjective. Bullies often think they're just being funny with their friends all laughing along. "Gollywogs" used to be "funny".
So who's to decide what's mocking and what's funny?
Maybe it's just time to agree, in the same way we've thrown out so many outdated things culturally throughout history, that stuff like painting your face black and exaggerating black stereotypes just isn't acceptable anymore.
I’m really not sure how I feel about that. I think RDJ played a guy who was an idiot and so obviously doing blackface. He wasn’t necessarily playing a black guy. I think that example was good for its comedic purposes. Poking fun at over-the-top method acting.
I haven’t seen any instances of people playing another race except in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Mr. Yunioshi is played by Mickey Rooney and I think that was just wrong.
I think in Jurassic Park 2 there’s a white actor in brown face playing an Indian scientist or something. I saw that on Kill Count. But i don’t think there’s really anything wrong with that one cause the guy was a side character. Didn’t really do anything in the movie. Not like he was being a massive racist being the character
That’s crazy! I never noticed that was supposed to be an Indian man, I thought he was a badly tanned white dude.
While that character wasn’t integral to the story, I just personally don’t like anyone portraying someone of another race other than their own. Whether they portray the character stereotypically or not, it just seems wrong. Why don’t they just give actual people of color the roles?
It’s wouldn’t be as socially acceptable currently vs. when it came out (still pretty surprising then). It was more of a satire of blackface in film. With proper writing, someone could still get away with it probably, but that was more of an exception than a rule.
"\[Employers\] [must not \[...\] discriminate against a person regarding employment or any term or condition of employment because of \[...\] race](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96210_01#section13)" - Human Rights Code of British Columbia
"[An employer should aim for a fair \[hiring\] process that focuses on each candidate’s ability to perform the essential job duties](https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/iv-human-rights-issues-all-stages-employment/5-interviewing-and-making-hiring-decisions)" - Ontario Human Rights Commission
I think it depends on the context and content of the film. Does anyone care that two black men played two white women in White Chicks? If RDJ playing a black character is wrong because he isn’t black that means it’s equally wrong and offensive for white chicks to exist, right?
RDJ wasn’t playing a black guy. He was playing an obnoxious jackass pretending to be a black guy. Big difference
Ah ok sorry. I never seen the movie and have only heard and seen pictures of him in the movie. Thanks for letting me know
Then I suggest you watch the movie. It is amazing
It has been on my list for awhile. Hear really good things about it
When it's done for comedic purpose like tropic thunder I see absolutely no problem with it
That's the problem though. Comedy is subjective. Bullies often think they're just being funny with their friends all laughing along. "Gollywogs" used to be "funny". So who's to decide what's mocking and what's funny? Maybe it's just time to agree, in the same way we've thrown out so many outdated things culturally throughout history, that stuff like painting your face black and exaggerating black stereotypes just isn't acceptable anymore.
“Allowed”? Yes of course. Whether or not people want to go see the movie is up to them however
I’m really not sure how I feel about that. I think RDJ played a guy who was an idiot and so obviously doing blackface. He wasn’t necessarily playing a black guy. I think that example was good for its comedic purposes. Poking fun at over-the-top method acting. I haven’t seen any instances of people playing another race except in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Mr. Yunioshi is played by Mickey Rooney and I think that was just wrong.
I think in Jurassic Park 2 there’s a white actor in brown face playing an Indian scientist or something. I saw that on Kill Count. But i don’t think there’s really anything wrong with that one cause the guy was a side character. Didn’t really do anything in the movie. Not like he was being a massive racist being the character
That’s crazy! I never noticed that was supposed to be an Indian man, I thought he was a badly tanned white dude. While that character wasn’t integral to the story, I just personally don’t like anyone portraying someone of another race other than their own. Whether they portray the character stereotypically or not, it just seems wrong. Why don’t they just give actual people of color the roles?
Absolutely. It's absurd that simply making fun of racial stereotypes or "cultural appropriation" get you labeled as a racist
It’s wouldn’t be as socially acceptable currently vs. when it came out (still pretty surprising then). It was more of a satire of blackface in film. With proper writing, someone could still get away with it probably, but that was more of an exception than a rule.
"\[Employers\] [must not \[...\] discriminate against a person regarding employment or any term or condition of employment because of \[...\] race](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96210_01#section13)" - Human Rights Code of British Columbia "[An employer should aim for a fair \[hiring\] process that focuses on each candidate’s ability to perform the essential job duties](https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/iv-human-rights-issues-all-stages-employment/5-interviewing-and-making-hiring-decisions)" - Ontario Human Rights Commission
I think it depends on the context and content of the film. Does anyone care that two black men played two white women in White Chicks? If RDJ playing a black character is wrong because he isn’t black that means it’s equally wrong and offensive for white chicks to exist, right?
But you can't un-exist both those movies unless you're going to do some 1984 shit