58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.worldimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1imageTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.world58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square71linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRejZoR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIf black people can play a white person, then absolutely. White Chicks, best white face ever. Tropical Thunder, best black face ever. I’ll see my way out.
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIn both of those examples, the actors played characters of their own race, pretending to be another race as the plot of the respective movies.
If black people can play a white person, then absolutely. White Chicks, best white face ever. Tropical Thunder, best black face ever. I’ll see my way out.
In both of those examples, the actors played characters of their own race, pretending to be another race as the plot of the respective movies.