▲ 1180 ▼ It's no contest (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 272 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 1 year ago (2 children) bbt is blackface permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] TheBat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) Not true. Blackface can be funny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago Anyone down voting you never saw tropic thunder or did and have no sense of humor, probably think big bang theory is banging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago It’s just a dude dressed up like a dude, pretending to be another due. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is a charged topic that needs grace and nuance to do right. When blackface is done with the input, support and consent of the black community, it can re-open discussions about how black identities continue to be co-opted by white media. Tropic Thunder is a great example of blackface as social commentary. Sarah Silverman did it, too, as...I think a statement on stereotypes? There were levels there but I don't think they were intentional. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Tropic Thunder had input, support, and consent of the black community? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I don't believe it was, no. I said what I think should be done, not necessarily how things have been done. I still think Tropic Thunder did it well, since it's not making fun of black people, it's making fun of how out of touch white people can be. I'm basing that off what Brandon T Jackson and other black performers have said about it in the years following its release. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) Not true. Blackface can be funny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago Anyone down voting you never saw tropic thunder or did and have no sense of humor, probably think big bang theory is banging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago It’s just a dude dressed up like a dude, pretending to be another due. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is a charged topic that needs grace and nuance to do right. When blackface is done with the input, support and consent of the black community, it can re-open discussions about how black identities continue to be co-opted by white media. Tropic Thunder is a great example of blackface as social commentary. Sarah Silverman did it, too, as...I think a statement on stereotypes? There were levels there but I don't think they were intentional. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Tropic Thunder had input, support, and consent of the black community? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I don't believe it was, no. I said what I think should be done, not necessarily how things have been done. I still think Tropic Thunder did it well, since it's not making fun of black people, it's making fun of how out of touch white people can be. I'm basing that off what Brandon T Jackson and other black performers have said about it in the years following its release. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago Anyone down voting you never saw tropic thunder or did and have no sense of humor, probably think big bang theory is banging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago It’s just a dude dressed up like a dude, pretending to be another due. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is a charged topic that needs grace and nuance to do right. When blackface is done with the input, support and consent of the black community, it can re-open discussions about how black identities continue to be co-opted by white media. Tropic Thunder is a great example of blackface as social commentary. Sarah Silverman did it, too, as...I think a statement on stereotypes? There were levels there but I don't think they were intentional. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Tropic Thunder had input, support, and consent of the black community? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I don't believe it was, no. I said what I think should be done, not necessarily how things have been done. I still think Tropic Thunder did it well, since it's not making fun of black people, it's making fun of how out of touch white people can be. I'm basing that off what Brandon T Jackson and other black performers have said about it in the years following its release. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Tropic Thunder had input, support, and consent of the black community? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I don't believe it was, no. I said what I think should be done, not necessarily how things have been done. I still think Tropic Thunder did it well, since it's not making fun of black people, it's making fun of how out of touch white people can be. I'm basing that off what Brandon T Jackson and other black performers have said about it in the years following its release. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I don't believe it was, no. I said what I think should be done, not necessarily how things have been done. I still think Tropic Thunder did it well, since it's not making fun of black people, it's making fun of how out of touch white people can be. I'm basing that off what Brandon T Jackson and other black performers have said about it in the years following its release. permalink fedilink source parent
