The process of hanging around poor people to either -
A. Make fun of them.
OR
B. Make yourself feel better about your own life or give pity/gain experience slummin it to see what life is like out there for the unfortunates.
A. Make fun of them.
OR
B. Make yourself feel better about your own life or give pity/gain experience slummin it to see what life is like out there for the unfortunates.
Carl went slumming yesterday at the village. When he arrived he went into their tiny smelly apartment and spit on the floor and ripped up a couple of their rags. Also made fun of the poor kids running around in their underwear.
Bob went over the projects to rough it out and see what it was like to live a day in the life of someone who lives worse than ethiopians.
Bob went over the projects to rough it out and see what it was like to live a day in the life of someone who lives worse than ethiopians.
by lodilordlod April 13, 2010
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In the movie industry, when a mid- to high-profile actor, actress, or (less frequently) director accepts a project considered far enough beneath them to raise questions about their integrity, they are considered to be slumming it.
There are a couple ways this can pop up. A highly regarded actor that usually appears in dramatic, "serious" works can appear in "low brow" entertainment (e.g. Dame Judi Dench in The Chronicles of Riddick, Marlon Brando in Superman), someone famous taking a role considered damaging to their public image (e.g. Patrick Stuart in Masterminds), or otherwise a highly talented individual accepting a role on a project that they should have recognized was doomed from the start (e.g. Laurence Olivier in Inchon). Money and/or contractual obligation are usually the reasons, but many seem to genuinely want the role.
Typically, an actor or actress that is slumming it will look hilariously out of place in the film. Whether it's because they're horribly miscast or because they turn out to be the only competent element of the work varies from case to case.
There are a couple ways this can pop up. A highly regarded actor that usually appears in dramatic, "serious" works can appear in "low brow" entertainment (e.g. Dame Judi Dench in The Chronicles of Riddick, Marlon Brando in Superman), someone famous taking a role considered damaging to their public image (e.g. Patrick Stuart in Masterminds), or otherwise a highly talented individual accepting a role on a project that they should have recognized was doomed from the start (e.g. Laurence Olivier in Inchon). Money and/or contractual obligation are usually the reasons, but many seem to genuinely want the role.
Typically, an actor or actress that is slumming it will look hilariously out of place in the film. Whether it's because they're horribly miscast or because they turn out to be the only competent element of the work varies from case to case.
by KingWumpus November 13, 2009
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by Caprico October 20, 2018
Get the Slumming mug.n. The act of touring through the poor side of town to gawk and make fun of the inhabitants there, usually with a group of one's friends. Notably an activity of insecure rich white kids.
Matt: Hey Jimmie, you wanna cut out after school in my dad's Hummer and do some slumming?
Jim: Hell yeah! I love knowing that there's plenty of trash out there to keep the burgers flippin'.
Jim: Hell yeah! I love knowing that there's plenty of trash out there to keep the burgers flippin'.
by Carl Willis July 22, 2004
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Deeply tied to elitism, and often racism. Or just whitebread boredom.
Deeply tied to elitism, and often racism. Or just whitebread boredom.
Johnny Whiteguy hung out in the 'hood on weekends, to kick it with the brothers, check out the sisters, and play ball, but mostly to pursue his annoying habit of cultural slumming.
by GreatRedShark July 11, 2009
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