robert downey went blackface in a vietnam era movie about some black soldiers.
Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
Now that's a tough one...did Downey do black face? His character Kirk Lazarus had his skin medically altered to make it darker (that Lazarus was a real actor). So was it Downey (sarc.) or Lazarus.
Would it be the same concept if a woman appeared to be a man or a man appeared to be a woman? Sounds like it is the same concept. Oh boy, Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game), John Lithgow (The World According to Garp), and Jane March (The Color of Night) had better watch their backs.
How about a straight actor playing the part of a gay character or vise versa Ellen Page (Juno), Robert Preston (Victor/Victoria), or Alex Karras (also Victor/Victoria).
And Jeez, all those Italian actors who played the parts of Native American characters. Even John Wayne played Ghenghis Khan in a movie (The Conqueror).