Good ish...or foolywang material?

[quote comment="48688"]Why is it necessary to write 1st, 2nd or 3rd. We can see what number you are. Kids, please grow up.[/quote] *snorts and snikers* Will that change if you get first?

It's not a big deal. I think the part is about a white guy going overboard when cast in a role that was originally for a black character. It's suppose to be funny. Let's not make something out of nothing.

[quote comment="48378"]I hope some of the posters are being facetious. The plot line is as plain as day, it's a movie about a movie, so no, a black actor shouldn't be playing the part of a white actor pretending to be black for a role.[/quote] exactly. How could a black man, act as a white man, pretending to be a black man. He would just be a black man, in black face, playing a black man? See what I mean? :)

Makes sense to me Jason Elias...thanks for explaining...

i really don't mind im sure it was meant to be funny we don't need Al Sharpton to get wind of this I'm tired of seeing his foolywang all over the place so we sholudn't make a big deal IT'S JUST A MOVIE PEOPLE!!!

it's meant as a comedy, so it might be funny, i like ben stiller so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

[quote comment="48363"]Actually this information is a little off. The movie DOES have a black soldier in it. Robert Downey Jr.'s character is a white man who is so much a character actor, that he WANTS to play a black man in the movie they're shooting. There's another character named Jackson who IS black. It doesn't offend me, it's part of the joke. And based on the script, I think the joke is more on the white character than it is directed toward black people.[/quote] exactly.. pple haven't even read thru the whole thing and are catching feelings.. we're sometimes blinded by our racial sensitivity.. he's playing a character who WANTS to play a black actor in the movie.. wat is the producer supposed to do for that role? pick a "black actor" to stand in for robert downey junior? cmon now ppl

B-O-Y-C-O-T-T DO YALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEAN MAN!!

seriously, WTF is up with these white actors painting themselves black? Unless this is something that is actually done in the movie for comedic effect, then its unacceptable. With all the available black talent that we have, y must crackhead RDJ portray a black character?!

is there a shortage of black men in America??? idk, maybe i missed the memo :-( there are no excuses. . .AT ALL, for this kind of foolishness. . .AT ALL. . .

This is another case of us overthinking. It is written in the script as a joke. Remember how Jamie Foxx used to go in 'white face' to play the TV reporter on his show. Even though I think some of Ben Stiller's movies are a little over the top I kinda understand what they are doing. BTW...comparing this to Obama...the two have nothing to do with each other.

ACTUALLY, Robert Downey Jr, is not playing a black man, be is playing a white actor (Kirk Lazarus) who played a black man in a war movie. It has nothing to do with the best man for the job. It is a spoof on that movie. If Ben stiller hired a Black actor to play a white actor who is playing a black man that would just be silly.

To make a follow up comment about White Chicks or Norbit all I can say is the ethnicity transformations in White Chicks were necessary because it was the crux of the film...The Black Characters had to become White girls to socialize in the white upper class, it was the gist of the entire screenplay. & As for Norbit we all know Eddie and Charlie wrote the screenplay and that he is known for playing multiple roles in costume. My point on this is that Eddie never gets other black actors to play Asians, Jewish people or anybody else he does it himself to show his versatility as an actor and display his character impersonations. Ben Stiller is not known for playing people of other ethnicites and neither is Robert Downey Jr. so this is really from left field if you ask me.

To make a follow up comment about White Chicks or Norbit all I can say is the ethnicity transformations in White Chicks were necessary because it was the crux of the film...The Black Characters had to become White girls to socialize in the white upper class it was the gist of the entire screenplay. & As for Norbit we all know Eddie and Charlie wrote the screenplay and that he is known for playing multiple roles in costume. My point on this is that Eddie never gets other black actors to play Asians, Jewish people or anybody else he does it himself to show his versatility as an actor and display his character impersonations. Furthermore we all know Ben is not known for portraying other ethnicites on the Silver Screen like Eddie is and it all just seems very unnecessary unless it is an obvious requirement of the storyline. Like when Gene Wilder applied shoe polish to his face in the Silver Bullet with Richard Pryor.

[quote comment="48296"]I think you guys got it wrong. That's the joke of the movie. In the movie the white actor that Robert Downey Jr is playing is up for a role in a Vietnam film, but the role is written for a black man. He decides that he will make himself black for the role (like that silly movie Soul Man from the 80's). Downey is playing a white actor that decides to be black for a film. It's all there in the article.[/quote] Thanks for clearing that up because I was about to get irate over here. I mean, aren't there enough out of work or barely working black actors around to play the role of a BLACK man in a film? Jeez...

[quote comment="48481"]Yes there is a problem when anybody makes these kind of decisions especially when it's a white man's stupid choice. There are plenty of Black actors in Hollywood looking for roles and the fact that a white man developed a "Black" character already seems far fetched. What does Ben Stiller know about being a Black man in the first place??? Can't he just write about interesting characters and then find qualified talent to fill the roles? What an idiot! Why don't we have a Black man portray a Jewish/Irish Catholic like Ben and put make-up all over his face to prove the point. I think we can call the movie STINGY.[/quote] Co-sign! With that said, I will not be paying to see this movie...hell, I don't even want the bootleg.

[quote comment="48480"]This is another case of us overthinking. It is written in the script as a joke. Remember how Jamie Foxx used to go in 'white face' to play the TV reporter on his show. Even though I think some of Ben Stiller's movies are a little over the top I kinda understand what they are doing. BTW...comparing this to Obama...the two have nothing to do with each other.[/quote] thanks to all of you for clearing that up..but, i'm still not recanting my post..

[quote comment="48355"]Here's some food for thought....lets be real for a moment. Some people want to get upset when a white person plays a black, puts on make-up and everything, right? But nobody gets upset when the Wayans put on make-up and portray themselves to the world as white women....thats not fair. Dressing up and acting as another race should either be right or wrong, period. And if people really feel that its wrong, it shouldnt be done at all, but since its not illegal there's nothing we can do about it. Sooo...as long as its not degrading or insulting to black people, people shouldnt cry foul when something like this happen, especially if we have been known to do it and laugh about it....[/quote] nobody got upset because we were all shocked at how fugly the wayans were playing white women! (juss messin with you!)

and, after reading all the posts, i love the fact that We are hip to the game and understand the comedy in all this. it's been done to death (hell, we've done it) and nobody complained, and for all those that enlightened me THANK YOU. it wasn't that i was getting salty, but we black people have a passion...

Look at the history a black face. Where did black-face originate? We might not know exactly where 'black-face' original origin, but my history book seems to have a pretty good idea of where it started. It was to construct a social image of African American men during the late 19th century. I DON'T FIND ANYTHING FUNNY ABOUT AT ALL. As far as MARLON AND SHAWN WAYANS in WHITE CHICKS, that is acceptable because I don't recall white females being depicted to society as something distasteful as African Americans men.

1st!

First things first...FIRST!!!!!! That said, there must be more to this story. We are in the 21 century with a black man running for president. Surely there is a legitimate reason that this is going on.

no way can a white man get all man-tanned to play a Black chatacter, there should be public outrage over that.

Funny is funny to me. Marlon & Shawn did white chicks and we all laughed that up. People read too much into ish and it isnt necessary. Whats amazing to me is that Robert Downey looks better as a black man rather than a white one. Go figure.