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 actorโs stand-in for โlighting 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 itโs 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 wasnโt a fan either, saying that blackface was โnever OK,โ and in fact, he โainโt with it.โ Ever. โI donโt think thatโs ever appropriate, to be honest,โ the rapper-turned-actor said.
The Oscar winner suggested that if the complexions donโt match, they need โto just leave it alone.
โOr pick a stand-in thatโs the same complexion as the actor,โ he added, โif itโs that serious where with the lighting you have to match the exact same complexion.
โCome on itโs 2018, when was [blackface] ever acceptable? I ainโt with it.โ
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