Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Gothampc
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#1Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 5:17pm
Will it be as bad as Joan Crawford in "Torch Song"?
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#2re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 5:20pmI have heard good things about this movie...but I guess people are "offended" and are planning a boycott, so...that's the big "outrage" for this week.
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#2re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 5:23pmI understand the boycott is about mocking the mentally challenged--not, surprisingly, about the black face.
Gothampc
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#3re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 5:25pm
"I understand the boycott is about mocking the mentally challenged"
Where were they when Rosie did that retarded girl riding the bus with her uptight rich sister?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#4re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 5:58pm
I love this line (denoted by two -- in the paragraph below):
The comments section below this story will now inevitably be filled up by the extremist minority, rallying their forces in support of this ludicrous move to treat the word “retard” as if it’s a burning cross on a black man’s front yard. Their comments will inevitably be from people who haven’t seen the movie and wouldn’t know satire if it smacked them in the face, but are nevertheless convinced it’s hateful. --You’ll recognize them, because they’ll say things like “I’m in favor of free speech, but”, while conveniently ignoring the fact that free speech with a “but” tacked onto the end isn’t free speech at all.-- What they really mean to say is “free speech is fine as long as you say exactly what I want.” DreamWorks has wisely chosen to ignore them. They know a misguided, vocal minority when they see it.
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Gothampc
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#5re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 6:02pm
Back to the subject: will his be better than Joan Crawford?
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#6re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 6:26pmWhat about James Whitmore in the never seen after it played in theaters movie "Black Like Me"?
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#7re: Robert Downey Jr in blackface
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:51pm
No one did blackface like Judy did blackface:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii39daC2C3Y
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#10that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 10:41ami saw et...or parts of it anyway.
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#11that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 10:55amThere is a great interview with Robert Downey, Jr., Ben Stiller and Jack Black in the current "Entertainment Weekly." I had no desire to see the movie until I read it.
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#12that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 11:02am
as far as the use of a differently abled character, i won't see this movie in the theatre (yeah, $11 for this?) and will reserve judgment until i see how the portrayal is done. i think the farrelly brothers - of all people - have set the standard for the portrayal of the differently abled in comedies with stuck on you and something about mary.
as far as blackface, i'm all about it. you gots a problem with that sambo?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#13that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 11:10am
Same here, DBillyP. I was much more intrigued about the film after reading that piece.
Meanwhile, his blackface seems to be more in the Delta Burke vein...
#14that n-word is one crazy mofo
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#16that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 12:02pm
I think people are forgetting this is a comedy and satire.Only people they should worry about offending is African Americans, and from what I can tell they "get the satire" and are not the ones calling for boycotts.
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#17that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 12:09pm
All these boycotts are nothing but sound and fury.
They're not even that big.
I mean really, how many people are gonna stay away b/c the word "retard" is used?
I say get over yourselves and re-read the first amendment.
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Jon
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#18that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 12:51pm
What about Gene Wilder in Silver Streak?
What about Eddie Murphy playing white folks?
#19that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 12:57pm
... and Asians on occasions.
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Updated On: 8/12/08 at 12:57 PM
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Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
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#20that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 1:05pm
I haven't seen the movie, so I'll reserve judgement until then. Since his character is a white man playing a black man, I think that could mitigate a lot of trouble. It doesn't seem inherently offensive to me, though.
And I agree about Eddie Murphy. Every time he gets in white face it just opens the wounds of the oppressed white man. After centuries of being enslaved and put down by the black man, we finally have the same rights in society and that damn Eddie has to go pouring salt in our wounds.
#21that n-word is one crazy mofo
Posted: 8/12/08 at 1:19pmtempest in a teapot
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