germany is so weird
― caek, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:41 (sixteen years ago)
Although they tend to get what they deserve - burnt cork or black shoe polish hurts like hell, as Groucho Marx costumes have proved for generations.
― dowd, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:41 (sixteen years ago)
xposts
― dowd, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:42 (sixteen years ago)
Incidentally Billie Holliday was made to darken her face with burnt cork, for fear that the audience might think she was a white woman singing with a black band. Caused her all kinds off skin problems, spots etc. It's an intersting example of a person who would have been considered black by her society having to use blackface to impersonate their stereotypes of herself.
― dowd, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:51 (sixteen years ago)
German reporters are idiots. Same dude also spent some time made up as "Ali the Turk" for some IMPORTANT SENSITIVE reporting. No mention of "Black like Me", of course.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 07:34 (sixteen years ago)
of all people jackson requires no blackface
My friend (who is black btw) and her white husband both dressed as MJ this year. She was 70s, Jackson 5-style and her husband was later-model MJ. Last Halloween they dressed as Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama.
― kate78, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 03:59 (sixteen years ago)
Oh, I meant that he has so many cultural signifiers that makeup doesn't come into it. You could probably be recognizably Jackson with a glittery glove.
― dowd, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 04:11 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.noahsow.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/journal_partykiss.jpg
http://www.noahsow.de/blog/?p=1743
― Moon Unit Zeppo (Oh my, how original), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:06 (sixteen years ago)
Trick Or Treat!
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/w_Iowa320x200.jpg
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:01 (sixteen years ago)
http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksns8iLRAc1qz70oto1_500.jpg
― heart goin ham (deej), Thursday, 5 November 2009 23:23 (sixteen years ago)
Russian Aboriginal Ice Dance Tribute Causes Offence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtXWE1CfbcM
Shoe's on the other foot, Australia!
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:53 (sixteen years ago)
Fancy Men's Magazine Jumps On Blackface Trend
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/39/2010/02/500x_officiel_1.jpg
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/39/2010/02/500x_officiel_2.jpg
― El Poopo Loco (Pancakes Hackman), Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:03 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/07/the_state_louie_mtv.jpg
― poll smoker (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:06 (sixteen years ago)
Ummm... was Katie Brand sort of in blackface just now on the Sport Relief dance thingy?
― Diamanti Gallas (aldo), Saturday, 20 February 2010 18:52 (sixteen years ago)
I didn't see it but she's always in blackface, so probably.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:04 (sixteen years ago)
example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zocDYlHBqyY
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:05 (sixteen years ago)
also she's always shit
― on in the b.g. while you're grouting (stevie), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:18 (sixteen years ago)
what the fuck is katy brand?
― poll smoker (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:20 (sixteen years ago)
british TV shows make Mad TV look like a mensa meeting
― poll smoker (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:21 (sixteen years ago)
they're not all that ba oh who am i kidding.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:22 (sixteen years ago)
this shit is like a one-note joke without an actual joke.
― poll smoker (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:23 (sixteen years ago)
mad tv had its moments. (it was no three's company tbf, but still. . .)
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:23 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/user/WalnutMeat#p/a/u/0/EctCrzwXvRo
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 08:36 (sixteen years ago)
One thing I love about fancy dress is the way you can dress up as a zombie, without anyone thinking you support the eating of human brains, but if you dress up as a Nazi or member of the Klan then people will assume you support the actions of said groups.
Not sure about the blackface thing, but I am sure that some people would be offended by it.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:01 (sixteen years ago)
Pro tip: Zombies aren't real.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:52 (sixteen years ago)
lol
― max, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:58 (sixteen years ago)
also at least zombies don't discriminate when it comes to brains
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:04 (sixteen years ago)
pro-tip- neither is fancy dress
― Remember when Mr Banhart was a replicant? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:16 (sixteen years ago)
i started to try to imagine some scenario where there's a stigma attached to dressing up like zombies because of lingering memories of a zombie epidemic a couple generations ago in which millions died and then i was like oh fuck i'm writing a george romero movie aren't i
― Mr. Srehtims (some dude), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:33 (sixteen years ago)
hahaha
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:37 (sixteen years ago)
write it and be damned imo
― Remember when Mr Banhart was a replicant? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:42 (sixteen years ago)
ok i'm setting up some pitch meetings for Reich of the Dead
― Mr. Srehtims (some dude), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 13:56 (sixteen years ago)
Reparations of the Dead, tense 4 hr b&w examination of the zombiegeist
― Remember when Mr Banhart was a replicant? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 14:00 (sixteen years ago)
Zombie Shoah
― Loathsome Dov (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 14:51 (sixteen years ago)
Now I am offended.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 14:56 (sixteen years ago)
How come the department store Santas are never black?
― prayer of st francis (u s steel), Friday, 24 December 2010 12:48 (fifteen years ago)
Some of my best department stores' santas are black!
― Kerm, Friday, 24 December 2010 12:54 (fifteen years ago)
I've seen a Mexican department store Santa but never a black one. The reasoning is usually that the north pole doesn't have black people. Why should a black child sit on an old white man's lap?
― prayer of st francis (u s steel), Friday, 24 December 2010 12:58 (fifteen years ago)
lolling my damn eyes
― Kerm, Friday, 24 December 2010 13:00 (fifteen years ago)
a+++
― max, Friday, 24 December 2010 13:39 (fifteen years ago)
USS not going to the right mall.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 24 December 2010 14:11 (fifteen years ago)
theres a bit in the santaland diaries by david sedaris where he talks about to racist parents that dont wanna get stiffed w/ like a dark looking santa
― plax (ico), Friday, 24 December 2010 15:05 (fifteen years ago)
i assume they r horrible ppl
the parents, not the black santas
just wanna, um, be clear on that heh heh
― plax (ico), Friday, 24 December 2010 15:06 (fifteen years ago)
merry xmas everyone
― plax (ico), Friday, 24 December 2010 15:07 (fifteen years ago)
^^good save
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 07:38 (fifteen years ago)
david sedaris is huge in ireland
― buzza, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:09 (fifteen years ago)
I was in india once during christmas and I guess its becoming a bigger thing there every year so there are tons of indian dudes dressed up like santa wearing plastic white faced santa masks on the street
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 09:10 (fifteen years ago)
its scary as fuck I think I posted about it once on the internet maybe even here