What's your opinion on this movie's use of black face? I'm sort of on the fence if it was racist or not, so I'd rather want to hear a person's thoughts on the group from people that they were actually satirizing.
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."-Brooke Shields
This kid is a troll.
shareThen how have I had my account for years?
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."-Brooke Shields
So, Alonzo, was the movie White Chicks offensive to you as well?
shareI haven't heard any White people say they were offended by it so for now no, unlike with this movie where I have heard many Black people say they were offended by it. If someone wants to say they were actually offended by White Chicks then I'll sympathize and start saying it's wrong.
"If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for anything."
OK, I honestly think that White Chicks offends me. Please sympathize with me.
shareNo it didn't when you mentioned it before you didnt gave it a tone of disapproval. Someone else White say if it offended you.
"If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for anything."
You misread my tone. I am truly offended by White Chicks.
shareWell then let's wait and see if anyone else was.
"If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for anything."
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Oh please don't be so dramatic, he was clearly lying. If he was offended by White Chicks he would had said when he first mentioned it.
"If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for anything."
It takes a big man to call somebody a liar on a message board. My hat's off to your bravery, sir!
shareSo, you only get offended if other people are offended? Why don't you think for yourself instead of being a follower?
We made a land where crap is king, and the good don't last too long.
Boy, the OP really is on a tampon shortage.
If you think about it simply and logically, the film wouldn't be as successful or popular if Robert Downey Jr's role was meant to be racist to black people. In fact, it was his character and the brilliance of the idea that a hardcore Australian actor would go so into character, to actually go through the procedure.
Don't be so up-tight about movies that clearly are appealing to a mass audience, because it truly makes you look like a complete arse as your replies have shown.
Listen to them... children of the night! What music they make..
Why do people think feminen things are insults? What are you going to say next? I throw like a girl?
"If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for anything."
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You probably just offended more than a quarter of people. Also by the way I'm not a woman, my boyfriend can tell you that.
"If you don't stand up for something, you'll fall for anything."
Aww you just went full retard, you should never do that.
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Not racist.
Further, they're not satirizing black people. They're satirizing actors that take their roles too seriously.
Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
Bump ^^^ its totally about the actors - never about anyone's race
Do the *beep* snow angel, dude. Do the *beep* snow angel!!
Its not racist in the slightest.
shareI'm Black and I thought it was genius! The writing of Downey Jr's character and his actual acting were both pretty incredible. Writing another Black character into the script in order to counter balance was pretty smart too. The sensitivity to the subject (the subject being "when method acting goes terribly wrong") was certainly evident in the script. A lesser actor wouldn't be able to pull off the magic act as believably, and therefore in his ineptitude would lie an unintentionally embarrassing and racist performance. But Downey Jr. is A+, and I'll be there front and center to see him don the metal suit in "Iron Man III" again tomorrow night.
shareThe black guy in it had a name mimicking the white actor, Al Pacino. The hip hop song in the closing credits had the lyrics 'nic nac paddy-wack' which is Irish
How come nobody called them racist? Do only whites get called racist?
Some theorists say yes. However, I think that anyone can be racist. Equal opportunity ya know?
shareThis is a worrisome situation: not knowing for certain if you are offended until you have the opinions of others.
In an issue when you are unsure of your own opinion, look for reason, not simply for affirming opinions.
I'm Black and I didn't find it offensive. I guess because Robert Downey Jr. is hilarious and I knew he wasn't intentionally trying to be racist. In an interview, he even said that at first he didn't want to take the role because he was worried about how offensive it might come off as. I wasn't mad at all. Plus his character was portraying a character that was suppose to be Black. He wasn't 'black faced' directly in the movie, but his character was 'black faced'. Either way, I didn't find it offensive and other Black people that I know don't either. Just the uptight ones that see everything as being racist when it really isn't.
shareAgreed. Also, people should learn what blackface really was before comparing the two.
shareFrom what I've gathered reading this thread, no one agrees with you, white or black, but you've spent years trying to ram your opinion down their throats. Seems you're the one with the problem.
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Its sad I just read all that. Some people must have nothing going on in their lives.
I don't know, personally, a single individual who would bother to make a fool of themseleves the way this Alonzo guy did here.