• Grownbravy [they/them]
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    4611 months ago

    Holy shit, THATS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT?

    Jesus fucking christ that’s a bad idea why would anyone think to do this?

  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    3811 months ago

    i dont think people should use prosthetics to look like real people in biopics, period. it’s a dumbass idea even when there aren’t racist connotations.

    • ped_xing [he/him]
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      1311 months ago

      Johnny Depp looking ridiculous in Black Mass because of all 3 people who were grading that film on his likeness to Whitey Bulger.

      • WayeeCool [comrade/them]
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        611 months ago

        I always think back to that one Nixon biopic as an example of a believable portrayal having a lot less to do with if an actor looks like the real life person and more to do with their acting skills. I can’t remember which Nixon movie it was, actor might have been John Goodman or something, but they nailed Nixon’s affect and mannerisms perfectly.

  • @Lasso1971@thelemmy.club
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    1711 months ago

    The angles of the pictures are different, so the real guys may be closer to Bradley’s than this comparison shows. It looks like Bradley’s could still be a bit larger

    • SootyChimney [any]
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      11 months ago

      Agreed, the right picture is a fairly misleading angle, depending on what pictures makeup was working with, it might be slightly larger, but it’s not that crazy

      • Dolores [love/loves]
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        811 months ago

        not really worth litigating about the accuracy—like it probably is in fact close, and its unlikely intended as caricature in a biopic i imagine is laudatory.

        the problem is the decision to do it all while being aware of the trope & the fact many other things about the film’s depiction will be inaccurate. if there was an overwhelming artistic reason to have the player look so much like the real guy a different actor(s) shouldve been cast.and if Cooper was so good at acting like him, if he was the perfect casting choice— he wouldnt need extra illusion to sell it

  • Sator_is_Tense [comrade/them]
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    1511 months ago

    holy shit that prosthetic is LONG. what the fuck were the makeup crew thinking? if hollywood was actually controlled by a jewish cabal like nazis claim there’s no fucking way they’d allow this

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      11 months ago

      if hollywood was actually controlled by a jewish cabal like nazis claim there’s no fucking way they’d allow this

      frothingfash that’s what THEY want you to think!!! the cabal is actually playing 5d chess!!! hypersus