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Charlie Baker's Racist Moment


Anybody notice that moment in CBTD Charlie has walking into the gym where he has this stare-off with these random guys - one of whom happens to be black - when he looks at the black guy he kind off backs away with this look on his face as if to say "stay away." I guess being from the sticks and not dealing with black people on a regular basis does that to you. Was that a performance choice on Tom's part, reflective of his own nature, or just as the character was supposed to be written

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Just watched it - there was no stare off. He just walked past them...

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You can't be serious. Both guys eyeball Charlie, because he's a newcomer. The scene was done to make them look intimidating toward Charlie. You have it completely backwards.

Reportin' live for Black TV: White folks are dead, we gettin' the f*@# outta here!

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look intimidating towards Superman?? That's freakin racist casting

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What? I can name a couple of racist things in this movie, but that ain't one of them... geez.

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