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Brown Up
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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
Brown Up
by
Joenas
January 1, 2009