Anyone see this show Black. White.?
Apparently it's a new reality show on FX where they have some amazing makeup person make a white family look black and vice versa, and then we get to watch the wacky hijinx ensue.
Of course this sounds like prime TAN fodder. So has anyone out there seen it? I'm seeing mixed reviews, which I'll post below. And I can't find any good still images to see the universally lauded makeup jobs. But I'm curious ...
Black White And Brilliant [Rolling Stone]
Color Commentary [Slate]
Black.White.Like.Me [CBS News]
On TV: Black. White. [Seattle Post intelligencer]
I've seen the makeup jobs in magazine ads. The people look freakish, honestly. The white dad rendered black is passable, but that's about it.
ReplyDelete'Black. White.' and Shades of Gray on FX
ReplyDeleteCutting-edge makeup techniques allow two American families... one black, one white... to trade races for a new reality show that debuts this week on cable TV's FX network.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5249579
http://chittahchattah.blogspot.com/2006/03/nyt-with-two-nice-pieces-on-culture.html
ReplyDeleteand Yahoo I think has the still images in detail
Washington Post Review with pictures...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701831.html
remember i posted about that awhile ago? the "black" father looks more like a Habib than a Tyrone and the other "white" family looks like some kinda albino confusion.
ReplyDeleteso far i've heard it's party reinforcing stereotypes with the occasional revelation such as the "white" father bartending and a white patron talks to him about the neighborhood being so nice because there's no blacks or hispanics.