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Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg Getting Blowback for Child Actor in Blackface on New Film Set

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? Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2024’s Most Influential African Americans Post #3 6-18-2025 Post #2 6-18-2025 Video will return here when scrolled back into view Stefon Diggs…

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 actorโ€™s stand-in for โ€œlighting purposes.โ€

The outlet says that child actor Keith L. Williamsโ€™ 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 itโ€™s 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 wasnโ€™t a fan either, saying that blackface was โ€œnever OK,โ€ and in fact, he โ€œainโ€™t with it.โ€ Ever. โ€œI donโ€™t think thatโ€™s ever appropriate, to be honest,โ€ the rapper-turned-actor said.

The Oscar winner suggested that if the complexions donโ€™t match, they need โ€œto just leave it alone.

โ€œOr pick a stand-in thatโ€™s the same complexion as the actor,โ€ he added, โ€œif itโ€™s that serious where with the lighting you have to match the exact same complexion.

โ€œCome on itโ€™s 2018, when was [blackface] ever acceptable? I ainโ€™t with it.โ€

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