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* Jewish Eli Wallach plays Tuco, "the ugly" Mexican bandit in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''
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* Jewish Eli Wallach Wallach, a Polish Jew, plays Tuco, "the ugly" Mexican bandit bandits in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' and ''TheMagnificentSeven''
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Although FakeNationality practices have become increasingly unpopular, Brownface is still occasionally seen in modern productions. Lately, Hollywood prefers casting actors who ''look'' enough like Native Americans without using makeup when actual Native American actors aren't used.
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Although FakeNationality practices have become increasingly unpopular, Brownface is still occasionally seen in modern productions. Lately, Hollywood prefers casting actors who ''look'' enough like Native Americans without using makeup when actual Native American actors aren't used. \n This is even more common with Latino characters, who have a greater latitude due to the fact that there is a mix of white Hispanic and brown Latino features within the community already.
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* {{Spaghetti Western}}s typically cast Italians as both Mexicans and Native Americans, since they were filmed in Italy.
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* {{Spaghetti Western}}s typically cast Italians as both Mexicans and Native Americans, since they were filmed in Italy. Italy.
* Jewish Eli Wallach plays Tuco, "the ugly" Mexican bandit in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''
* Jewish Eli Wallach plays Tuco, "the ugly" Mexican bandit in ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''
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** Benson's character is also #2 on this list of [[http://www.themoviegourmet.com/?page_id=115 10 Least Convincing Mexicans]].
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Well, you've got your {{blackface}}, and for Asians, your {{yellowface}}. Notice something missing?
For American Indians and Latin@s, we have 'brownface' - Expect actors to shave their bodies and put on bronze.
In recent years, this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have, but [[Literature/{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
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* TheLancer: The Indian's standard role in TheWestern when he isn't the bad guy.
* MagicalNativeAmerican
* {{Mooks}}: In fact, the tactics used by Indians in Westerns resembles ''{{Tempest}}''.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Of course.
* RaceLift: The common media alternative.
For American Indians and Latin@s, we have 'brownface' - Expect actors to shave their bodies and put on bronze.
In recent years, this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have, but [[Literature/{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
'''Associated tropes''':
* TheLancer: The Indian's standard role in TheWestern when he isn't the bad guy.
* MagicalNativeAmerican
* {{Mooks}}: In fact, the tactics used by Indians in Westerns resembles ''{{Tempest}}''.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Of course.
* RaceLift: The common media alternative.
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For American Indians and Latin@s, we have 'brownface' - Expect actors to shave their bodies and put on bronze.
In recent years, this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have, but [[Literature/{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
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* TheLancer: The Indian's standard role in
* MagicalNativeAmerican
* {{Mooks}}: In fact,
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Of course.
* RaceLift: The common
Although FakeNationality practices have become increasingly unpopular, Brownface is still occasionally seen in modern productions. Lately, Hollywood prefers casting actors who ''look'' enough like Native Americans without using makeup when actual Native American actors aren't used.
This is a subtrope of FakeNationality.
Compare {{blackface}} and {{yellowface}} for black and Asian characters, respectively. Note that unlike those tropes, brownface does not necessarily require makeup.
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* The crying Indian from the Earth Day ad? Some Italian guy. (He denied it for years.)
* Ashton Kutcher played an Indian (South Asian, not Native American) in an advert in 2012. This caused some furor.
* Ashton Kutcher played an Indian (South Asian, not Native American) in an advert in 2012. This caused some furor.
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* The crying Indian from the Earth Day ad? Some Italian guy. (He denied it for years.)
* Ashton Kutcher playedIron Eyes Cody, famous as "The Crying Indian," was an Indian (South Asian, not Italian-American who passed himself off as Native American) American in an advert in 2012. This caused some furor.
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* Ashton Kutcher played
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* Notably averted in ''DancesWithWolves''; Costner's wife is played by a white woman because in the story, she ''is'' white.
* ''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''.
* ''TheLastAirbender'', along with {{yellowface}} for Aang.
* Played straight with Jacob Black in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movies, averted with most other [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropic shapeshifters]].
* ''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''.
* ''TheLastAirbender'', along with {{yellowface}} for Aang.
* Played straight with Jacob Black in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movies, averted with most other [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropic shapeshifters]].
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* Notably averted {{Spaghetti Western}}s typically cast Italians as both Mexicans and Native Americans, since they were filmed in ''DancesWithWolves''; Costner's wife is played by Italy.
* ''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'' has Mark Dacascos as awhite woman because in the story, she ''is'' white.
Native American. Dacascos, who has Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Spanish and Irish ancestry, but no Native American. He does not use makeup.
*''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''.
* ''TheLastAirbender'', along with {{yellowface}} for Aang.
* Played straight withJacob Black in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movies, movies is played by Taylor Lautner, who has only "distant" Native American ancestry. He does not use makeup to averted with most other [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropic shapeshifters]].
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger'', in which the Native American Tonto was played by an actual Native American. However, the upcoming [[{{Film/The Lone Ranger}} movie version]] seems to be going that way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger'', in which In ''FTroop'', none of the Native American Tonto was Hekawi tribesmen are played by an actual Native American. However, Americans. Most were played by Jews using classic BorschtBelt-style performances. There was even a reference to the upcoming [[{{Film/The Lone Ranger}} movie version]] seems to be going that way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
Hekawi being the lost 13th tribe of Israel.
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* Ashton Kutcher played an Indian (South Asian, not Native American) in an advert in 2012. This caused some furor.
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Spray on tan != Race Lift, and Klingons don\'t exist, so everyone would have to paint up to pretend to be one.
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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' uses this a lot, especially with early Klingons.
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* Legend has it that many of the cast of ''{{Baywatch}}'' literally had their bodies painted brown in order to appear more tan.
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* Jackson Rathbone caused a bit of a stir when he said he'd have to get a tan to play Sokka, the Inuit-inspired character for ''[[TheLastAirbender]]''. He ended up sticking with his regular skin tone.
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* Jackson Rathbone caused a bit of a stir when he said he'd have to get a tan to play Sokka, the Inuit-inspired character for ''[[TheLastAirbender]]''.''TheLastAirbender''. He ended up sticking with his regular skin tone.
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* Vasquez from ''{{Aliens}}'' is played by a white Jewish actress. She is considerably darker-skinned in that role than she is in real life.
* Jackson Rathbone caused a bit of a stir when he said he'd have to get a tan to play Sokka, the Inuit-inspired character for ''[[TheLastAirbender]]''. He ended up sticking with his regular skin tone.
* Jackson Rathbone caused a bit of a stir when he said he'd have to get a tan to play Sokka, the Inuit-inspired character for ''[[TheLastAirbender]]''. He ended up sticking with his regular skin tone.
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* In the upcoming ''Argo'', a film on the Iranian hostage crisis, the white Ben Affleck darkens his hair to play half-Latino CIA agent Tony Mendez.
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* ''StarTrek'' uses this a lot, especially with early Klingons.
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* ''StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' uses this a lot, especially with early Klingons.
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* ''StarTrek'' uses this a lot.
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* ''StarTrek'' uses this a lot.lot, especially with early Klingons.
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* TheLancer: The Indian's standard role in TheWestern.
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* TheLancer: The Indian's standard role in TheWestern.TheWestern when he isn't the bad guy.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger'', in which the Native American Tonto was played by an actual Native American. However, the upcoming ''[[{{Film/The Lone Ranger}} movie version]]'' seems to be going that way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger'', in which the Native American Tonto was played by an actual Native American. However, the upcoming ''[[{{Film/The [[{{Film/The Lone Ranger}} movie version]]'' version]] seems to be going that way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger'', in which the Native American Tonto was played by an actual Native American. However, the movie ''{{Film/The Lone Ranger}}'' seems to be going that way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger'', in which the Native American Tonto was played by an actual Native American. However, the upcoming ''[[{{Film/The Lone Ranger}} movie ''{{Film/The Lone Ranger}}'' version]]'' seems to be going that way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger''. Oddly, the movie ''{{Tonto}}'' seems to be going that way.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger''. Oddly, ''TheLoneRanger'', in which the Native American Tonto was played by an actual Native American. However, the movie ''{{Tonto}}'' ''{{Film/The Lone Ranger}}'' seems to be going that way.way as JohnnyDepp has been cast to play Tonto.
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Double Standard deals solely with gender.
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In recent years, [[DoubleStandard this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have]], but [[Literature/{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
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In recent years, [[DoubleStandard this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have]], have, but [[Literature/{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
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* The crying Indian from the Earth Day ad? Some Italian guy.
guy. (He denied it for years.)
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* Legend has it that many of the cast of ''{{Baywatch}}'' literally had their bodies painted brown in order to appear more tan.
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Trying to clean this up a little..
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger''. Oddly, the new movie ''{{Tonto}}'' seems to be going that way.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger''. Oddly, the new movie ''{{Tonto}}'' seems to be going that way.
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Brownface is somewhat more justifiable than blackface because of the fact that there are fewer American Indians. Expect actors to shave their bodies and put on bronze.
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Brownface is somewhat more justifiable than blackface because of the fact that there are fewer American Indians. Expect actors to shave their bodies and put on bronze.
bronze.
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Doesn\'t really fit here.
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* HumansAreWhite: Try getting a role if you're an Indian, if the story isn't set before 1900.
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** Benson's character is also #2 on this list of [[http://www.themoviegourmet.com/?page_id=115 10 Least Convincing Mexicans]].
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* A 1979 film, ''Walk Proud'', starred Robbie Benson(!!) in brownface as a Mexican-American gang leader. Movie audiences in Latino communities were so offended that there were protests, riots, and boycotts against theaters showing the film.
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* LeastCommonSkinTone: Try getting a role if you're an Indian, if the story isn't set before 1900.
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* LeastCommonSkinTone: HumansAreWhite: Try getting a role if you're an Indian, if the story isn't set before 1900.
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* ''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''
* ''TheLastAirbender'', the movie, along with {{yellowface}} for Aang.
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* ''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''
''BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''.
* ''TheLastAirbender'',the movie, along with {{yellowface}} for Aang.
* ''TheLastAirbender'',
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger''. Oddly, the new movie ''{{Tonto}}'' seems to be going that way.
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* Completely averted in ''TheLoneRanger''. Oddly, the new movie ''{{Tonto}}'' seems to be going that way.way.
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* The crying Indian from the Earth Day ad? Bingo.
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* The crying Indian from the Earth Day ad? Bingo.
Some Italian guy.
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* ''TheLastAirbender'', the movie, along with {{yellowface}] for Aang.
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In recent years, [[DoubleStandard this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have]], but [[{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
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In recent years, [[DoubleStandard this hasn't become unacceptable the way blackface and yellowface have]], but [[{{Twilight}} [[Literature/{{Twilight}} many white actors claim native ancestry]]. Or [[BrotherhoodOfTheWolf they'll just use another minority]]. Sometimes, they even simply RaceLift the character to another ethnicity.
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* Played straight with Jacob Black in the ''{{Twilight}}'' movies, averted with most other [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropic shapeshifters]].
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* Played straight with Jacob Black in the ''{{Twilight}}'' ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movies, averted with most other [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropic shapeshifters]].
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* Played straight with Jacob Black in the ''{{Twilight}}'' movies, averted with most other [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropic shapeshifters]].