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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 6:46 pm
I don't quite know what to make of this:
quote:FX confronts racism by changing black and white families' races with makeup A black family from Atlanta and a white family from southern California both changed their skin color with makeup and then lived together for six weeks for a new reality series. FX will air the results as Black, White, a six-episode series that debuts in March. The show is produced by American Candidate and American High producer RJ Cutler and Ice Cube. “Racism is prevalent, and white America and black America are two different places. The only way they’re really going to become one is if white people can find a way to see the world through the eyes of black people and vice versa,” Cutler told the New York Daily News. He said that producers “spent the better part of a year … designing the makeup, which has the unprecedented bar of needing to succeed not only under the scrutiny of the cameras but to succeed under the scrutiny of another human being who would be standing 3 feet away from you.” Responding to potential criticism about putting white people in blackface and black people in whiteface, Cutler says, “The fact that people are made up is not inherently problematic. … Young, old, male, female, the concept of living in someone else’s skin, there are many possibilities. I think anybody who’s interested in entertaining and engaging and dramatic television is going to watch this. This is dramatic storytelling, and at the center of it are big, fat, important issues.”
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/future_shows/2005_Dec_08_fx_black_white
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:05 pm
Oh good lord.
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Spangs
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10-07-2005
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:26 pm
WOW
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 7:40 pm
After giving this more thought it could be interesting if done correctly.
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 11:15 am
yeah, it could that's why I said that I didn't quite know what to make of it ... I'm still kinda uncertain, lol ...
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 12:43 pm
With Ice Cube involved who knows lol.
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Tishala
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08-01-2000
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 12:45 pm
Just as long as they don't end up looking like the Wayans brothers in White Chicks....
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 12:52 pm
hahahaha
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 1:14 pm
LOL, good point ...
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 3:27 pm
when is it on? I agree with ya all, I will watch the first ep and decide. There was a great comedy sketch with Eddie Murphy years ago on SNL..they made him look white and then followed him around..it was hysterical!
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 9:44 am
I think this has some potential, particularly in an educational sorta way. There is still discrimination in this country. And this type of swap show can really shed a lot of light on the issue. Will it resolve things? Not likely. But it might be interesting to see what it's really like living on the other side of a color.
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Tishala
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08-01-2000
| Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 1:23 pm
I saw Ice Cube and a producer for th show on GMA this week and they showed clips from the show. SUrprise! The people actually looked "passable"! Not like "White Chicks" at all. And they had to live together while this went on and discussed what happened to them that day. The white woman, as a black woman, called somebody a B and got reamed out for it. She explained that was because she was talking "black" and the black woman wanted to know why the hell she thought that was how black folks talk. LOL! The best was the black teen son dressed white. He looked like you'd call him "Chad," with his blond hair and preppy clothing.
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Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 3:59 pm
They're starting to do more press on this show since it's close to starting... here's a NY Times article...
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Mak1
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08-12-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 5:05 pm
These two families were on Oprah today, with clips from the show. It was very interesting and eye-opening. From the Oprah show, it looked like the kids had the easiest time adjusting. I'm looking forward to the show.
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Whoami
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08-03-2001
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 5:23 pm
Couldn't read the NY Times article without registering (I hate that). HERE'S the official site of the show. Premiere is March 8th.
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Jhezzie
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07-05-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 1:08 am
You know, the more I see clips and interviews about this, the more it looks like they picked the biggest, whitest, doofus they could. Maybe it's just me, but he doesn't seem to have any sophistication about him at all.
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:14 am
comes on tonight ... I think I'll try to watch at least the first one ...
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:28 am
Yep tonight, I just hope I don't fall asleep on it.
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:50 am
is it on late? want to watch together?
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:58 am
10 my time and sure that way i'll stay awake lol.
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 6:09 pm
lol
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 7:37 pm
I am anxious to hear what everyone thinks about it. I will have to tape and watch tomarrow
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Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 7:41 pm
Just checked the schedule in my area (C'bus, OH) and it's on tonight at 10:00 & repeating at 11:00 tonight and Sunday.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:25 pm
So far so good. The white daughter looked like a real black person.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 8:29 pm
Excellent points the black family made about adapting to the white world.
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