by Carmen Van Kerckhove
The trailer for the new Ben Stiller comedy we discussed last week, starring Robert Downey Jr. as a white actor who puts on blackface to play a role originally written for a black man, is out. (Hat tip to Undercover Brother.)
What do you think?

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Fatemeh and reader Nae tipped us off to this upcoming Ben Stiller comedy, in which Robert Downey Jr. appears in blackface.
But wait - his character is a white actor who dons blackface to play a role that was originally written for a black man. So… is this a way of skewering the […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Today’s WTF moment for you. (Thanks Dorothy!) From Yahoo! News:
“The Great Debaters,” a film based on the real-life victories of a black debating team in the 1930s, topped the list of nominees announced Tuesday for the 39th NAACP Image Awards…
Nominated for outstanding actress: Jurnee Smollett for “The Great Debaters,” Angelina Jolie for […]

by guest contributor The Thin Black Duke, originally published at Slant Truth 2.0
I’m not a fan of Sarah Silverman. I find her humor juvenile and often offensive. She will stoop to the lowest level possible to try and get a laugh. Yet I was still shocked to learn that a recent episode of her […]