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it's a conservative estimate but 4 out of 5 white people who do blackface are insensitive a-holes. but there's still a small percentage that are good people who are just unaware of the controversy. and i'm just going by experience. rarely does someone don blackface without the intention being to shock others, gain attention, and/or be openly derisive of black people. in both occassions that i witnessed blackface, it was being carried out by all-white fraternities who had also engaged in some alternatively racist display (like putting a noose around the neck of a donkey painted black w/ big white lips). some people just find racism entertaining. for others, it's vandalism or slipping roofies into college girls' drinks.
How does the black community truly feel about black face. If its Halloween and I am trying to portray a black character are you offended if I put black face paint on? I for one find this to be one of the more ridiculous things to be offended about.
I found an old Polaroid during Halloween when I was about 5 yrs old and my babysitter (female, around 13 with her friend) they dressed up as Steve Urkle and put on black face. I didn't find this offense I found it to be a great costume and funny.
I really do want a Static movie. WB needs to just get on that one.
Static is probably really far down WB's list of movies.
Cyborg, John Stewarts Green Lantern are the most likely Black DC heroes to show up in films.
Static will probably show up in Arrow or The Flash as a guest character.
As such, the standing rule is to simply have no one use makeup to "pretend" to be another race.
Didn't DC basically absorb Milestone though?
WB doesn't own the Milestone characters so I'm not sure they'd have to come out through that studio. I do remember asking McDuffie years ago on his forum if any potential Milestone cartoons had to come out through WB and he said no.
Warner Bros. is the parent company of DC Entertainment, whom is the parent company of Milestone Media. Milestone was acquired fully in 2008. The licensing deal was back in the 90s. The buyout is how the Milestone characters became integrated into the mainstream DCU, much like when Wildstorm was bought out by DC and merged with the mainstream DCU.
No. DC does not and has never owned Milestone Media. Milestone Media is owned by Derek Dingle and presumably the widow of Dwayne McDuffie, as before his death McDuffie himself along with Dingle were the owners.
If an Asian wants to be Superman, they slick their hair in an curl and put on the red and blue suit. Only White people have the history of painting their skin or pulling their eyes in order to portray characters that are not of the same ethnicity.
Only White people have the history of painting their skin or pulling their eyes in order to portray characters that are not of the same ethnicity.
listing obscure films that are decades old. .
Its still done now, onlyif its a very accomplished actor we give them a pass.