Recently I caught a rerun of a _Laugh-In_ episode (now running on Comedy
Central, I believe) where the black performers wore white face and the white
performers wore black face makeup. I thought it was an interesting twist.

Kalynn Huffman Brower

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IU Bloomington


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From: gloria monti [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:46 PM
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Subject: whiteface


        I am looking for a film where the African-American
protagonist dons white face -- like in Watermelon Man (1970), Melvin
Van Peebles.  Thank you.

        Gloria Monti

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Gloria Monti, Ph.D.
University of California
Porter Faculty Services
Film and Digital Media Department
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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many years later, as he faced the firing squad, colonel aureliano buendía
was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to
discover ice.

gabriel garcía márquez, *cien anos de soledad*

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