What in the entire good God tarnation entire fifth ring of hell was somebody thinking when they put a child in blackface on a recent movie set?
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TMZ reports that someone on the set of the R-rated film, Good Boys, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, used makeup to darken up the skin of a child actorβs stand-in for βlighting purposes.β
The outlet says that child actor Keith L. Williamsβ stand-in was on set last week in Vancouver wearing dark-brown makeup on his face, an afro wig on his head and a fat suit on his body to look more like the 11-year-old actor.
Sure, the stand-in was another (lighter-skinned) black child, but itβs still no bueno.
Sources tell TMZ that at least one person on set was not feeling that bullshit and filed a grievance with the studio.
Actor Common wasnβt a fan either, saying that blackface was βnever OK,β and in fact, he βainβt with it.β Ever. βI donβt think thatβs ever appropriate, to be honest,β the rapper-turned-actor said.
The Oscar winner suggested that if the complexions donβt match, they need βto just leave it alone.
βOr pick a stand-in thatβs the same complexion as the actor,β he added, βif itβs that serious where with the lighting you have to match the exact same complexion.
βCome on itβs 2018, when was [blackface] ever acceptable? I ainβt with it.β
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