Krin Gabbard writes: "Finally, it is significant that Carrey "grows up" and finds out that he need not play the super hero in order to achieve his sexual maturity. Again, although Hollywood loves to represent hyper-masculinity along the lines of African American models, it also stigmatizes it as pre-adult in one way or another. Ultimately, Carrey gets the girl by acting white." A nice observation! I was reminded of the "hustler" sequences from Spike Lee's MALCOLM X, where Malcolm becomes a hipster before prison and the Nation of Islam. I think, though, that the coding of the Carrey character is more hispanic--Latios were the original zootsters and were the targets of white race riots in the LA area in the 1940s (the subject of the play and movie ZOOT SUIT). Besides the song "Cuban Pete" there is the earlier dance as the club, where the band chants "Hey, Pachuco!" a slang (and often derogatory) reference to zootster types. Of course that number takes place at the Cafe Bongo, an amalgam of African and Carribean themes, which leads us back to the blackface question. It's worth further consideration! --Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN