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The act of applying copious amounts of make up to a white actor to have them play a minority, without the malice behind black face.
"Lets not hire an Indian guy, lets just brown up a white guy"

-Bil Dwyer describing Fisher Stevens's characters in the "Short Circuit" movie series
by Joenas August 09, 2007
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