Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
#1Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 5:48pm
I found this slightly disturbing video of Laura Bell Bundy doing this very offensive character on her own Youtube channel. How did she get away with this? I can't watch it without cringing. Have you guys found anything else like this before? I'd like to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4tkrS_Ea3E
#2Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 5:51pm
That's not blackface.*
*Edit: or is it? For a nuanced discussion, see my later post!
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Updated On: 10/26/16 at 05:51 PM
#3Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 5:54pm
CLICKBAIT! SH*T that was funny though
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#4Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 5:56pm
She reminded me of an outrageous Drag Queen.
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#5Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 5:58pm
Mr. Nowack said: "She reminded me of an outrageous Drag Queen."
Funny you say that. This was going to be Derrick Berry's character for season 8 Snatch Game. Glad she didn't do it - this character's far too evolved and nuanced for what Derrick was capable of taking on at the time.
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Updated On: 10/26/16 at 05:58 PM
#6Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 6:01pm
Yeah, that was hilarious, thank you for that.
#7Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 6:06pm
There was a five page thread about this at the time.
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#8Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 7:10pm
IT REALLY IS LBB! How the hell did I not realize that. She's a great actress!
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#9Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 8:04pm
Valentina3 said: "Mr. Nowack said: "She reminded me of an outrageous Drag Queen."
Funny you say that. This was going to be Derrick Berry's character for season 8 Snatch Game. Glad she didn't do it - this character's far too evolved and nuanced for what Derrick was capable of taking on at the time.
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Chad Michaels also did an impersonation of this character of RuPaul's Drag Race on Season 4 for the debate challenge.
#10Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 8:29pm
Shocantelle isnt blackface. She's a white woman in an urban environment. There are plenty of women like her. If you watch Bundys video of getting into character, she uses a little bronzer for contouring-she doesn't black her face. She may be playing a white woman who appropriated black culture but she's not playing a woman of color.
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#11Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/26/16 at 10:27pm
she seems to be parodying Rachel Dolezal rather than blackface..
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#12Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 10/27/16 at 7:12am
It's light hearted and fun, she's not insulting anyone.
These videos were great, I used to watch all the time. I remember last year she made a new YouTube channel to do little comedy bits and covers, if you haven't seen her cover of 'stitches' you have to! I thought it was better than the original
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_gTXU8EefqI
#13Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 12/3/17 at 9:38pm
Shocantelle is back and controversy has come with it. Laura’s shocantelle video from a couple days ago is getting a ton of hate.
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Updated On: 12/3/17 at 09:38 PM
#14Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 12/3/17 at 9:49pm
We will cut yo hair, we will cut you.
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#15Broadway Actors Doing Blackface
Posted: 12/3/17 at 10:25pm
Perhaps 2017 isn't the time for Shocantelle. It's not blackface, but it could be problematic.
Updated On: 12/3/17 at 10:25 PM