Is Bradley Cooper's prosthetic nose comparable to doing blackface?

[+ WilliamM]

3 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

 

The photo is too small for me to recognize anyone.

And that  concert with the Philadelphia orchestra was a while ago. 

 

 

[MikeThomas]

3 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

 

 

Looks like they are headed out to Fire Island in the late 80s

[marylander1940]

 

[+ WilliamM]

Makes me want to see the film even more!

[wsc]

On 9/19/2023 at 9:39 PM, pubic_assistance said:

I am.confused.

Has the make up department never added characteristics to an actor to have him look.more like the subject he is portraying?

Should only actors with a big nose be considered?

This attitude that you need to be like the characters you're playing runs against the whole idea of acting..

Precisely the point. Augmenting the actor's snout to more closely match the character being portrayed is akin to combing the actor's hair to mimic the style of JFK for the movie Kennedy or giving Charles Laughton a backbump to be The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 

But these things can get silly. In the miniseries Anne Boleyn, a Black actress was chosen to portray Mary, Queen of Scots; a choice destined to evoke criticism, which it did, and just as predictably, brought criticism raining down from those who criticized the criticism. 

I wonder what their reaction would be if Bradley Cooper's next project was the title role in a film to be called MLK and the Dream He Had. Which would incite greater scorn; putting the white actor in blackface, or having him play the role without makeup?

Do you know we also discriminate against the blind? No one will hire one to drive a school bus.

Edited December 16, 2023 by wsc
correction

[Guest]

[BSR]

I wonder if Vulcans were offended when Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto put on prosthetic ears.

[Lookin]

4 hours ago, BSR said:

I wonder if Vulcans were offended when Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto put on prosthetic ears.

  

Do these fake ears look stupid?             They look like Yoda on crank.

[+ purplekow]

Would anyone consider doing Cyrano without a prosthetic nose?   Even actors of a bulbous persuasion would opt to enhance this character defining characteristic.  

[samhexum]

6 minutes ago, purplekow said:

Would anyone consider doing Cyrano without a prosthetic nose?   Even actors of a bulbous persuasion would opt to enhance this character defining characteristic.  

Not to mention anyone starring in the long-awaited Karl Malden Story.

[+ purplekow]

18 minutes ago, samhexum said:

Not to mention anyone starring in the long-awaited Karl Malden Story.

I remember him in the TV show with a young hot Michael Douglas.  The Schnoz of San Francisco.  

[CuriousByNature]

8 hours ago, samhexum said:

Not to mention anyone starring in the long-awaited Karl Malden Story.

Ah, Karl Malden's nose.  He never left home without it.

[marylander1940]

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[jeezifonly]

I say, reject all prosthetics on screen. 

Don’t be a Mark Wahlberg.
Be a Barry Keoghan.

[samhexum]

11 minutes ago, jeezifonly said:

I say, reject all prosthetics on screen. 

Why couldn't they just use CGI?

[realeasymoney]

No

[Danny-Darko]

No. He's an actor, and actors dress and look the part and have done so since there has been such a thing as theater! 🙄 One expects a good actor to transform themselves to become the character played. Political correctness limits and stifles the skills and potential of good actors and good makeup artists. It can be well done or poorly done, so it doesn't mean everybody can pull it off. That is why casting the right actor is important based on talent and skill and not race, sex, sexual orientation etc... 

[marylander1940]

17 hours ago, Danny-Darko said:

No. He's an actor, and actors dress and look the part and have done so since there has been such a thing as theater! 🙄 One expects a good actor to transform themselves to become the character played. Political correctness limits and stifles the skills and potential of good actors and good makeup artists. It can be well done or poorly done, so it doesn't mean everybody can pull it off. That is why casting the right actor is important based on talent and skill and not race, sex, sexual orientation etc... 

Agreed, besides make up is a science of its own nowadays and very helpful to make an actor resemble the appearance of a famous person or someone who looks different. 

[marylander1940]

 

[+ WilliamM]

On 12/19/2023 at 1:30 AM, purplekow said:

Would anyone consider doing Cyrano without a prosthetic nose?   Even actors of a bulbous persuasion would opt to enhance this character defining characteristic.  

I bet Jose Ferrer  would  absolutely agree 👍

[+ WilliamM]

On 12/19/2023 at 1:38 AM, samhexum said:

Not to mention anyone starring in the long-awaited Karl Malden Story.

Karl Malden was mostly a character actor on Broadway.  He was  in the original cast of Street car named Desire

 

And Jose Ferrer owns this discussion 

Edited January 15, 2024 by WilliamM

[marylander1940]

On 12/19/2023 at 1:30 AM, purplekow said:

Would anyone consider doing Cyrano without a prosthetic nose?   Even actors of a bulbous persuasion would opt to enhance this character defining characteristic.  

His nose and appearance are essential to the story!

Unfortunately, that wasn't part of the latest film and someone who looks way different than the main character was chosen to play his part. I must acknowledge the depiction of the era is outstanding. 

Edited January 15, 2024 by marylander1940