When the race or ethnicity of a character in a story is changed to an ostensibly more "palatable" or "profitable" ethnicity.
(A common practice in Hollywood, where the most coveted roles are frequently given to white actors to play, even if originally, the character was a person of color. Aspiring actors of color are marginalized and may have to play "racebent" bad - guy characters that were originally white.)
(A common practice in Hollywood, where the most coveted roles are frequently given to white actors to play, even if originally, the character was a person of color. Aspiring actors of color are marginalized and may have to play "racebent" bad - guy characters that were originally white.)
Paramount is racebending the the characters of The Last Airbender--Sokka's going to be played by a sparkly sparkly vampire!
Are they really going to be racebending Sosuke Sagara into Zac Efron?
Jackson Rathbone's helpful guide to racebending: Pull up your hair and get a tan.
Dee Dee Ricket's helpful guide to racebending: You don't have to wear a big African thing, just put a scarf around your head and you'll be a Ukranian peasant. (And Koreans should wear kimonos!)
Are they really going to be racebending Sosuke Sagara into Zac Efron?
Jackson Rathbone's helpful guide to racebending: Pull up your hair and get a tan.
Dee Dee Ricket's helpful guide to racebending: You don't have to wear a big African thing, just put a scarf around your head and you'll be a Ukranian peasant. (And Koreans should wear kimonos!)
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2. Someone who has over indulged in cocaine, causing them to slur like a paraplegic.
(Influenced by the Badger in the movie "It's All Gone Pete Tong")
2. Someone who has over indulged in cocaine, causing them to slur like a paraplegic.
(Influenced by the Badger in the movie "It's All Gone Pete Tong")
"Did you see Ed's face last night? bloody hell he was racked-up like a badger."
"Paul you better get down here, I've just checked the bar tab and its racked-up like a badger."
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by Assitch March 14, 2004
Get the racked mug.an extended practice in comics and movie and tv show adaptations from comics, novels and other sources where fictional characters and historical figures' race are changed. in the past, this used to happen in the form of caucasian actors being given the roles of black, brown and asian characters and historical figures, known today as whitewashing. nowadays the trend has shifted dramatically in what is known as blackwashing, where under the excuse of lack of diversity white characters and historical figures, important and minor, are cast (or illustrated in the case of comics and animated shows) , almost always, as afro blacks.
-dude, did you hear about the les miserables show? they made Javed black!
-what?! for the love of God, when will these people stop racebending white characters?
-what?! for the love of God, when will these people stop racebending white characters?
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by November. The 1st game's plot is about the series' antagonist, steals the GrandDaddy of all Gems. Knowing this, Racket then seeks out on a long journey to get the gem back.
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