Bambizzoozled - The World's Blackface Database

Ribena TV Television Advert 1950's

2009-07-05T20:36:00.001-04:00

Kung Fu vs. Yoga / Lao shu la gui (1979)

2009-07-05T20:01:00.002-04:00

Is the guy in orange in blackface?

IMDB

Zulu Parade 2009

2009-07-05T18:27:00.002-04:00

Mendicino Independence Day Parade

2009-07-05T17:58:00.002-04:00

In the 2009 Mendocino, California (a great place to grow weed) 4th of July Parade, this happened.

Aix Festival - Mozart's Idomeneo - Sophie Karthäuser as Ilia

2009-07-05T17:11:00.002-04:00

"Ilia—in perfectly executed if politically incorrect blackface (dark-brown-face, in fact)—Belgian soprano Sophie Karthäuser—is impeccable, and her aria "Se il padre perdei" pure pleasure"

Full article
http://francetoday.com/articles/2009/07/05/live-from-the-aix-festival.html

Goin' Ham on a Nigga

2009-07-05T17:01:00.005-04:00

2008. Spanish Formula One racing fans show up as The Hamilton Family of Barcelona.

2009. Circuit de Catalunya.

Are these folks simply mocking driver Lewis Hamilton, or is this an attempt at flattery? Well, just look at the fans folks. Do they look hateful or angry to you? No way. It is just this American politically correct era thinking that makes us misinterpret the adoration displayed here.

Lewis Hamilton

Phenomenon: Guidos with Spray Tans

2009-07-05T13:30:00.005-04:00

In the footsteps of George Hamilton, Guidos have taken their tanning way too far. Total douchebags. Is it an attempt to be more Black? Probably.

Father Is a Bachelor (1950)

2009-07-05T13:16:00.001-04:00

William Holden wears blackface.

Academy Awards, USA: 1999

2009-07-05T13:07:00.003-04:00

March 21, 1999.

Host, Whoopi Goldberg at the 1999 Academy Awards (Oscars) in whiteface makeup as Queen Elizabeth from Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Remember, now, it was Whoopi Goldberg and Bruce Valanche that wrote Ted Danson's blackface routine.

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

2009-07-05T12:56:00.002-04:00

Jimmy Stewart blacks up at some point as Guy Johnson in It's a Wonderful World (1939).

Though, the trailer does not show Jimmy in blackface, it does show him in a disguise (one of many) as a Boy Scout. Another disguise involves blackface and an Alabama accent.

The Phantom President (1932)

2009-07-05T12:49:00.001-04:00

George M. Cohan in blackface in The Phantom President (1932).

There is no further blackface after 4:07.

If this embedded video is not working, please inform me.

No Black People on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch"

2009-07-04T11:41:00.001-04:00

Slow day for blackface. Let's be provocative.

There are no Black People on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" in five years. Would anyone like to take a moment to call the producers racist?

No? Well here... Black people don't like the cold.

Would anyone like to call me racist, now?

Der Belsnickle

2009-07-03T16:39:00.002-04:00

A living history presentation on the PA Dutch tradition of the Belsnicklel. Stoudt's Brewery, Adamstown Pennsylvania.

Amateur Video: I Like Turtles... in Blackface!

2009-07-03T16:12:00.006-04:00

Check these people out doing a parody of the "I like turtles" kid. Notice the description reads only "we are not racist."

Black Juggalos

2009-07-03T15:34:00.006-04:00

Some of you may ask, "What is a Juggalo?" The simplest explanation is to say a Juggalo is a fan of the band Insane Clown Posse, and other bands of this type.

Is there any such thing as a Black Juggalo? Here's one:

Here's a video feature a band called Twiztid, made in conjunction with ICP. Note the "clown face" of the ICP members in the background. Then, note that the bandmembers of Twiztid wear simple whiteface.

Do Black devotees of Twiztid wear whiteface?

Totò’truffa (1962)

2009-07-03T09:21:00.007-04:00

From Under the Neapolitan Son:

"One example: In the film Totò’truffa 62, Neapolitan actor-legend Totò demonstrates how Neapolitans mobilize Africanness. In full blackface and with a giant nose ring, Totò pretends to be the Ambassador of Catongo and says into a telephone: “In casa bubu? In casa bubu? Mbutu? Mbutu? Non buttare niente. E’ peccato! Non buttare... Cosa vola, cosa buole? Ta ta ta bum bum zu, bubu bubu juju.” He then says to the object of his scam of his accomplice, played by Nino Taranto, also in blackface with nose ring, “Questo animalo da che sta in Italia ha imparato parlare in napoletano. Dice pure pommarola in gop. Nel catongo ce ne uno solo [people with the last name Rossi]. Tutti gli altri sono neri. Vedi lui e’ nero, tutto nero. Ci sono anche i gialli ma i gialli sono i peperoni,” In this scene, the juxtaposition of blackness/Africanness with napoletanità functions as a performance of shrewd otherness. When the “real” ambassador arrives with his adjutant (two black men without nose rings), Totò and Taranto escape dressed as Che Guevara and his wife. Totò has played Tarzan, a Turk, a Sheik: all of these representations of Otherness are folded into his Neapolitanness. Totò belongs to Naples—the clever fool who fools everyone."

Incredible Love / Kambakkht Ishq (2009)

2009-07-03T09:12:00.002-04:00

Sabbir Khan brings us the first Bollywood movie shot at a Hollywood studio with an appearance by a major US star.

Includes extended cameos by Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh as themselves. The filmmakers also help themselves to red-carpet footage of even bigger American stars.

And of course, the movie includes Akshay Kumar in blackface as stuntman, Viraj.

Running time: 142 minutes. In English and Hindi with English subtitles. Not rated (sexual suggestiveness).

Watermelon Nights - The Meth Minute 39

2009-07-02T20:55:00.001-04:00

I noticed that the watermelon tells the eggplant that he wouldn't like it. The Italian-American slang word for "nigger" is "moolie" or "moulinyan," which is derived from an Italian dialect word for "eggplant."

Anybody want to zero in on this as some sort of racial atrocity?

The Actors’ NET of Bucks County, PA production of “Finian’s Rainbow”

2009-07-02T19:23:00.004-04:00

(Bucks County, Pennsylvania) Whiteface to be used in The Actors’ NET production of “Finian’s Rainbow”.

This, of course reminds me of the movies Watermelon Man, and to a lesser degree, True Identity. In fact, I spoke with the director Joe Doyle, and he said Watermelon Man was his inspiration.

Doyle says the motivation was not simply to quell potential protests, but to use one actor through the entirity of the production. Bill Thompkins is a wonderful actor, that Joe has wanted to cast in Finian's Rainbow for years.

Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" (2009)

2009-07-02T13:03:00.003-04:00

This is proof that Black people are overly sensitive. Furthermore, it leads me to believe that no amount of appeasement will ever be enough for some people.

I quote from Wikipedia"

There was some controversy when media first had details of the film the name of the heroine of the movie (a 19 year old girl of African American heritage) was announced as Maddy (short for the French name Madeleine) with the film set in the French Quarter. The character's name was perceived by some as to be a typical, lower-class, "slave name", mostly for sounding and looking similar to Mammy (a variant of mother) considered a stereotype due to Hattie McDaniel's character in Gone With the Wind. The heroine also had a job as a maid, like Cinderella and Snow White, which received complaints as being racially insensitive.

On April 20, 2007, E! reported that the title of the film could possibly be changed from The Frog Princess to The Princess and the Frog, and that the lead character Maddy may be getting a name change as well.[25]

On May 4, 2007, USA Today published an article regarding the film in which they referred to it under the aforementioned title, The Princess and the Frog, and referred to the lead character as "Tiana" rather than Maddy, supporting the earlier reported name change possibilities.[26]

On May 8, 2007, BET and other online sites reported that Disney spokeswoman Heidi Trotta stated that some of the original release information was incorrect, and confirmed the USA Today names "Princess Tiana" and The Princess and the Frog to be correct. Trotta stated "Princess Tiana will be a heroine in the great tradition of Disney’s rich animated fairy tale legacy, and all other characters and aspects of the story will be treated with the greatest respect and sensitivity."[27]

In March 2009, once more information of the film's casting was released, the African-American community had contention with the fact that the Prince isn’t black.[22] Prince Naveen comes from a fictional land named Maldonia, and is voiced by Brazilian actor Bruno Campos. Angela Bronner Helm from Black Voices, a website that focuses on African-American culture, wrote in a March article:
“ ...Disney obviously doesn't think a black man is worthy of the title of prince. I guess Sasha and Malia and all the other little black girls out there should just shut up and be thankful to have something! Little black boys will have to wait another 20 years.[28] ”

William Blackburn, former columnist at The Charlotte Observer, voiced his criticism of another matter. He stated that the "story is set in New Orleans, the setting of one of the most devastating tragedies to beset a black community" and felt the choice of this setting was "insensitive."[28]

[Wiki | IMDB]

In theaters December 11, 2009.

Timothy Ellender Under Fire Once Again

2009-07-02T12:53:00.003-04:00

Terrebonne Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana. Judge Timothy Ellender, of the 32nd Judicial District Court is in trouble again.

This time he is not being harassed about wearing blackface to a party, as he was in December of 2004.

In fact, it sounds to me like he did nothing wrong. Sometimes, stupid people need to be told what to do. The honorable judge was simply letting this lady know the real deal.

Here's a biased article.

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl / Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken (2009)

2009-07-02T12:48:00.001-04:00

IMDB

Cyon Black & White

2009-07-02T12:20:00.004-04:00

Korean LG subsidary Cyon (싸이언) "Black & White" advertising campaign.

Video on their site.

"White Like Me" (1978)

2009-07-01T14:37:00.001-04:00

Lend Me a Tenor

2009-07-01T10:08:00.003-04:00

Stanley Tucci will direct on Broadway for the first time with Lend Me a Tenor, a revival of the Ken Ludwig comedy that originally played Broadway in 1989. Set in 1934, the plot revolves around a disastrous performance of Otello by the Cleveland Opera Company in which the star bows out at the last minute and the general manager convinces his assistant to put on blackface and perform the role.

T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy's) will be blacking up as Max.

[Variety]