Complaints over Black.White
So, which one of ya'll are watching Black.White? I
think the show sounds interesting, but I can't help but be turned off by the transformation of one race to another,
which I don't think ever looks natural, even if it is done by a highly-qualified team of cinematic make-up artists. The
best one can hope for is to try and not look creepy and disconcerting, which I think is impossible.
That seems to be the least of the show's problems, though. It turns out some people weren't happy with the original pilot, and some things had to be changed before it hit the airwaves last Wednesday. A sequence that allegedly took place at an exclusive "all white" country club involving one of the show's characters, Brian Sparks, disguised as a white man, was previewed on Oprah. That scene was changed when the owner of the pro-shop insisted his was a public facility where anyone could play. References to it being exclusive were deleted when the show aired.
So what do you guys think? Ice Cube is calling Black.White a "social experiment" but is it in danger of relying too heavily on the "forced reality" of other shows? Can it still make its point despite that?

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