Often, in discussions about old movies, someone will say, "That movie couldn't be made today.", and inevitably someone else will disagree.

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[–] 41 points 6 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] [S] 15 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Eh. I think a comedy could still get away with black-face today.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    any black-face media has been systematically removed from the internet. you can't stream any episode of any show that has it. you can typically only watch that content on DVD.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 6 months ago*

    Hmm. Okay, I haven't paid much attention to that. Although Tropic Thunder does seem to be available for streaming on several major platforms at the moment. Paramount, Amazon, Apple, Tubi, to name a few.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    It really isn't blackface though, in the sense that blackface is meant to be a caricature which diminishes black culture and behavior. The RDJ character was written as kind of the opposite - the "blackface" character is shown to be sane, courageous and even wise, while the actor playing the character is shown to be an out of touch Hollywood twat.

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