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On 9/2/2013 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:05:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 9/1/13 9:40 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:06:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 9/1/13 8:02 PM, wrote:

Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was
offensive.

Because someone told you it was.

Do you think mimes are making fun of white people too?

Most of the famous mimes were just doing non-offensive funny stuff, and
the white face *some* of them used was not there to depict white people.
Many circus clowns use whiteface. Do you think they are depicting white
people?

The blackfacers were making fun of what they thought was the
stereotypical behavior of black people.

Not necessarily. Do you think Al Jolsen was doing a stereotype?
Did Gene Wilder offend you in Stir Crazy?
Was Laurence Olivier offensive when he played Othello?

1. Absolutely.

2. The concept of wearing blackface offends me.

3. Olivier was a great actor, but there were first rate black actors who
could have played and in fact did play the role, Paul Robeson, for one.
In 1965, to have Olivier as Othello was more than a bit condescending to
black actors.

Eddie Murphy playing an old white Jew in Coming to America must have
really pushed you over the edge.

Harry is merely feigning his offense in order to mask his extreme racism
so he can claim to be a progressive open minded liberal. None of which
he really is.