▲ 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
[–] 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
