Noun : They performed in blackface. From Dictionary.com.
I'm not sure that the blackface is racist in this context. From Wordnik.com. [The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short - Boing Boing] Reference
The connection to blackface is neither instant nor obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Unfunny = Racist] Reference
Robert Downey Jr. in blackface looks remarkably like a contractor. From Wordnik.com. [SEXMAN RELEASES A SHORT FILM] Reference
Did you have any worries about putting actors in blackface on Broadway?. From Wordnik.com. [Racing to Broadway] Reference
My mother saw him in blackface at the Swansea Empire when she was nine. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-04-25] Reference
When has a person in blackface ever represented anything but a buffoon?. From Wordnik.com. [The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short - Boing Boing] Reference
This film lampoons the style of the time, and blackface is part of that style. From Wordnik.com. [The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short - Boing Boing] Reference
When I saw the tiny little picture I was like, "... are they in blackface ...?". From Wordnik.com. [For Jesus and the Holy Ghost (Music (For Robots))] Reference
Tarantino would have cast Lohan, in blackface, and he would have been original. From Wordnik.com. [JUDD APATOW HAS A VIRUS] Reference
Do a Transformers with the robots, ALL of the robots, in blackface sambo make-up. From Wordnik.com. [Transformers 3 Will Shoot Big Action Sequences in Chicago and Moscow | /Film] Reference
Certainly it wrung a kind of satiric poem out of me - Rudolf Hess as Nelson Mandela in blackface!. From Wordnik.com. [Wole Soyinka - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Representational: a contemporary issue with blackface is the issue of who gets to play black roles in media. From Wordnik.com. [SNL's Fauxbama Blackface Thing] Reference
The other dressed as a female tennis player in blackface, wearing a stuffed bra and carrying a tennis racket. From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern Students Warned About Costumes Following Blackface Outrage] Reference
Dylan states that this song is a minstrel song fashioned after the carnival singers in blackface that he had seen. From Wordnik.com. [Best Bob Dylan Songs | myFiveBest] Reference
Do you think the rest of the cast unconsciously move their hands to their wallets when RDJ walks on set in blackface?. From Wordnik.com. [NEW PICS FROM TROPIC THUNDER] Reference
This was a lighthearted and fun movie, one made momentarily uncomfortable by Al Jolson playing himself in blackface makeup. From Wordnik.com. [2010 March : Scrubbles.net] Reference
Robert Downey Jr. in blackface has been a hit at Hollywood parties for years, and now Ben Stiller has made a movie out of it. From Wordnik.com. [THE TROPIC THUNDER TRAILER] Reference
It was something like seeing the MLK story cast in blackface. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar night ennui] Reference
Your definition of blackface is from a 3rd grader’s perspective at best. From Wordnik.com. ['America's Next Top Model': Are we smized about 'blackface'? | EW.com] Reference
But in addition to the the blackface are the 2 African American women posing next to her. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (Allegedly?) in Blackface] Reference
Put Obama (or anyone) in blackface, and there’s clearly something racially noxious going on. From Wordnik.com. [Unfunny = Racist] Reference
No wait, blackface is funny. From Wordnik.com. [The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short - Boing Boing] Reference
The blackface is a nice touch. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
Regarding the "blackface" aspect of the top picture. From Wordnik.com. [Masked] Reference
11: 20 am/free form prose cakewrecks in blackface, such as Holland's Zwarte Piet. From Wordnik.com. [July 8th, 2009] Reference
It is just like that Hamsher 'blackface' image ... rude, crude and socially unacceptable. From Wordnik.com. [CT-SEN: Can Lieberman Be Pushed From Race?] Reference
Maral, thanks for enlightening me that Jolie is once again reprising her "blackface" role. From Wordnik.com. [Time to Get Back to the Movie House! (Thoughts on Some Movie Trailers)] Reference
The tradition of "blackface" has long been gone but yet. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference
PHOTOS: Looking at the controversial history of 'blackface'. From Wordnik.com. [National Nine News] Reference
Fiancee Lara Stone made up in 'blackface' and shot bloody film with photographer Steven Klein. From Wordnik.com. [The First Post: Latest] Reference
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