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  • Brian Darr: "[N] othing could really have prepared me for the utter preposterousness of seeing Jean Peters in Technicolor 'redface' makeup for ninety minutes."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Brian Darr: "[N] othing could really have prepared me for the utter preposterousness of seeing Jean Peters in Technicolor 'redface' makeup for ninety minutes."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Brian Darr: "[N] othing could really have prepared me for the utter preposterousness of seeing Jean Peters in Technicolor 'redface' makeup for ninety minutes."

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Staged as a road trip, "Reel Injun" gives Mr. Diamond occasion to interview Native American actors and activists while also looking at the long history of white actors who have worked in "redface."

    Reeling Characters in From the Margins of History 2010

  • It shocks me as much as a nude author picture would, to see any cultural accuracy just flung to the wind, and this ugly pastiche, a Westerner in redface prancing around an amazing idea for a book that got totally lost in endless chase scenes, guns, and tell me the truth/you can't handle the truth! exchanges.

    Yellow Blue OH MY GOD NO yuki_onna 2010

  • June 12, 2010 at 4:28 am no ‘redface’… weez all cheezpeeps heer!

    Medusa Cats. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • Born Julio López in New York City in 1931, the actor's unmistakable ethnicity doomed him to a string of "Spanish Joe" roles in a number of Alan Ladd pictures but he had some visible parts in big films like DRUM BEAT (1954), BATTLE CRY and MR. ROBERTS (both 1955) and you can see him in redface alongside Elvis in FLAMING STAR (1960).

    We're down two good men Arbogast 2008

  • While we are on the subject of minstrel shows and blackface, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss how widely accepted “redface” is in American culture.

    Alas, a blog » 2007 » January 2007

  • Er, that should read, “From the Wikipedia article about CueCat:” :redface:

    dustbury.com » Not so clear on the concept 2007

  • While we are on the subject of minstrel shows and blackface, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss how widely accepted “redface” is in American culture.

    Honda Pilot Troll Commercial and American Indian Mascots 2007

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