Skin colour is important when trying to be a double of a person while performing a stunt, in the same way the hair cut and colour is. They didn't use makeup for fun. This is a non-issue unless they purposely didn't try to find someone of colour to use as a stunt double.
His character was proposing to someone and he wanted to do it with a stunt filled video. His stuntman looked nothing like him, but that was part of the joke.
I'm well aware of that. Do you think the script writers are the ones doing all of that?
So which of these is your preference?
I asked you why the person's message you were quoting was an important post. No one said it was the same level as Black face, not the Twitter post or article. I don't need an explanation on what the history of mocking people with other skin tones is, I'm well aware.
Tell me why it's important to change your skin colour for someone in garb that is completely covered and has action scenes shot in the distance, and the dark. Or why it's so important to have a dance shot the way it is in the show.
Not trying to, somebody asked me my thoughts, people responded to me, I've been responding back, and that's what happens.
The actor is Nepali.
I don't think this should be compared to black face even if the actress in question was black. Black face conjures up a specific image often paired with a mocking intent. If they're running around the set like "look at me! Yo yo yo. What up my man" that would be blackface even if it they didn't have mistrel makeup on. Wearing makeup so that your stunt comes across as being from an actor or actress of color does not qualify as blackface to me, but that's just my personal opinion.
I haven't watched the show yet but presumably they wanted the actors face visible during parts of the scene so completely covering their face would take away from that. Are there zero closeups of her during that scene?
Tell me why it isn't important to respect and assist the effort of the main actor to create a believable, engaging, consistent representation of the role if all it involves is a bit of makeup that isn't intended in a disparaging way at all and is only meant to assist her in completing the embodiment of the character. Does she get a say in this?
The character is already in covered garb for almost all action scenes. The dance scene could have been shot in any number of ways that didn't require brown face. I don't understand why immersion is the most important factor here.
It is important to do the best for the actor. But how does a dance scene being shot differently disrespect the actor and change the believability, engagement and consistent representation of the entire role?
There are close ups.
I appreciate this post, thank you. It's the act of the makeup and painting. The body double stuff like Steve Rogers has it's issues but is definitely less bothersome to me.
Thank you.
How innocuous you make it sound...just shoot it differently! But not that way, or that way, or that other way. Meanwhile you're also making gross assumptions about what people will and won't notice...in a thread about a situation where people had to actively go out of their way to notice something.
And shouldn't that matter? This feels a lot like speaking for/over someone rather than just letting them speak for themselves.
What are you even talking about? Where did I say no one would notice? All I said is if consistency is so important, shoot it in a way that doesn't rely on brown face. You're acting like like this scene is so pivotal for the character to rely on it, enough so that it would disrespect the actor, which is ridiculous to me
Bollywood has stuntwomen and have had them for decades. Let's not pretend they don't exist...
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Sanober Pardiwalla, Bollywood's stuntwoman, a lady who strives to bring the most thrills on screen; the lady with immense power and knowledge.www.thetribalbox.com
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Oh so if you can't find a stuntwoman of Indian origin in your small European country, you just get a blonde European woman and put brownface on her? Got it. All in the name of jobs! Amazing.
So you're saying you know for a fact that they talked to these professional Indian stuntwomen and determined they lacked the silk rope skills?
variety.com
Since this is an aerial silk performance it's less a problem with the stunt business and more of a matter of how diverse Hungary's acrobat scene is. I know neither how many aerial silk performers Hungary is able to support nor what the demographic breakdown of the existing performers is like, but I am intrigued. Considering how white Hungary is and how niche a career that is I would be frustrated but not surprised if it turned out that there isn't anyone who could do it.
