ellinorianne (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ellinorianne) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} ohnotheydidnt,@ 2006-02-16 14:58:00 |
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It's Black, It's White! - DListed
Black. White. is a new revolutionary reality show debuting on the FX channel. Think Wife Swap, but with a twist. The show follows a black family and a white family in everyday situations. However, the families swap colors. That's right. The white family has been made to look black and vice versa with the black family.
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"Black.White." is the debut of such a dramatic switch on television, the producers say, although such adventures in pigmentation have been the stuff of literature and film, from the 1961 book "Black Like Me," by John Howard Griffin, to the 2004 film "White Chicks," starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans.
This time, viewers see the families (who temporarily leave work and school) in the Los Angeles area, secretly integrating a bar with a bartending job (Mr. Sparks) or joining a black poetry group (Ms. Bloomfield). Mostly, the families try to get a taste of life in another skin as they shop, go to church or seek help with a broken-down car. For six weeks last summer, they even lived together in a big San Fernando Valley house, debating the meanings of their experience and sharing their lives.
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Seriously, is there a need for this shit. TV is getting out of control, albeit I'm into that shit, but still out of control. They did a good job on the make-up though. They deserve an Emmy for that shit. Oh and I probably won't be watching since anything slightly intelligent makes my brain combust into a million pieces. (Commentary from DListed).
Black. White. is a new revolutionary reality show debuting on the FX channel. Think Wife Swap, but with a twist. The show follows a black family and a white family in everyday situations. However, the families swap colors. That's right. The white family has been made to look black and vice versa with the black family.
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"Black.White." is the debut of such a dramatic switch on television, the producers say, although such adventures in pigmentation have been the stuff of literature and film, from the 1961 book "Black Like Me," by John Howard Griffin, to the 2004 film "White Chicks," starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans.
This time, viewers see the families (who temporarily leave work and school) in the Los Angeles area, secretly integrating a bar with a bartending job (Mr. Sparks) or joining a black poetry group (Ms. Bloomfield). Mostly, the families try to get a taste of life in another skin as they shop, go to church or seek help with a broken-down car. For six weeks last summer, they even lived together in a big San Fernando Valley house, debating the meanings of their experience and sharing their lives.
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Seriously, is there a need for this shit. TV is getting out of control, albeit I'm into that shit, but still out of control. They did a good job on the make-up though. They deserve an Emmy for that shit. Oh and I probably won't be watching since anything slightly intelligent makes my brain combust into a million pieces. (Commentary from DListed).
