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Jonathan Adams

New York Magazine: The Summer of Brownface

Outside of color-blind Shakespeare adaptations, cross-race casting has been one of Hollywood’s obvious taboos for decades now — a no-no so basic it didn’t even merit discussion. No more: Enough Hollywood stars are enthusiastically applying bronzer in 2008, either for a quick gag or for a serious leading role, that we’re forced to hesitatingly declare this movie season the Summer of Brownface.
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Posted at 9:31 AM, Jun 06, 2008 in Media Analysis | Permalink | View Comments


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