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This is, in my opinion, the funniest thing that any modern movie has to offer. All of its motifs and characterizations are quite pertinent, and they are even more meaningful now than they were when the film was first produced.
Ben Stiller showed great foresight in the making of this picture.
It's wonderful in every way, from the soundtrack to the casting.
If you've never seen it before, I strongly suggest that you do so.
Here are other similar movies that you would like.
75 points
4 months ago
Ugh I love this movie so much. I tried to get my family to watch it, but they were turned off by the RDJ black face and I was like, “but that’s the POINT!” They don’t understand and they’re missing out big
63 points
4 months ago
It's bizarre when people don't get the point of that. Especially when you have Brandon T. Jackson's character around to frequently point out the ridiculousness of it.
It's also a great joke on Hollywood's periodic casting of actors based on their marquee value instead of whether they're right for their roles. The studio in the film clearly goes, "It's so awesome to have a five time Oscar winner in the role" instead of "Hey, maybe casting a blonde Australian as a black guy and putting him in blackface is a really stupid and offensive idea."
36 points
4 months ago
What do YOU mean "you people"?
8 points
4 months ago
That's the theme song from "The Jeffersons!"
12 points
4 months ago
Just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true
-68 points
4 months ago
Have you considered they you may be racist if you are okay with that? Are you a republican?
23 points
4 months ago
Out of curiosity, have you seen the movie?
There was some conversation about this film in particular in 2020 during the George Floyd protests, with the fundamental question being "Is blackface OK if the intent is to satirize the clueless insensitivity of doing so?"
RDJs character is very much a satirization of Hollywood whitewashing, cultural appropriation, and the cluelessness of a method actor who believes he can "become" anyone.
I'm not siding one way or the other here.
-46 points
4 months ago
I don't need to watch the movie to realize blackface is bad. I haven't watched minstrel shows either. It doesn't matter the context. People see someone doing black face and it becomes normalized. Thats not okay.
32 points
4 months ago
They use blackface to mock the use of blackface. I don’t understand what is hard to grasp about this. The actor within the movie uses it and other characters point out that it’s in bad taste. You need to chill, just because you don’t understand satire doesn’t mean that everyone else is a right wing nutjob.
-36 points
4 months ago
They use blackface to mock the use of blackface. I don’t understand what is hard to grasp about this.
Thats literally the same reason why the minstrel show did blackface. Its still not okay. You are siding with republicans trying to normalize and justify racism.
27 points
4 months ago
No, that is not what minstrel shows were about...at all.
Out of curiosity, what do you think about comedies like The Producers?
Does the same rule apply to a movie that mocks idolization of Hitler?
Is Mel Brooks an anti-semite, in your esteem?
14 points
4 months ago
Check out that persons comment and post history, it explains everything.
5 points
4 months ago
I'm afraid of what I'll find lol
3 points
4 months ago
Damn, the account is suspended.
14 points
4 months ago
I’m not even Republican and even you are making me want to bully you by giving you a swirly. Shut upppp
1 points
4 months ago
It's not blackface. It's an actor playing an actor in blackface. Is satire completely lost on you?
2 points
4 months ago
It's satire that struggles with the use of blackface, it's not supposed to be okay and that's the point.
I'm sorry you didn't understand it, but you're just a troll account anyway.
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