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The Summer of Brownface
Posted 06/05/08 in Vulture: The Take
Cross-race casting has been one of Hollywood’s obvious taboos for decades now. No more.
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Mena Suvari in Cornrows Apparently Just As Marketable As Actual Black Actresses
Posted 05/29/08 in Vulture: The Take
Why cast a white actress to play a woman who was black in real life? Also, why Mena Suvari?
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