Blackface and Whiteface

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Blackface noun - The makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro.

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Whiteface and blackface are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whiteface" instead a noun "Blackface".

Whiteface noun - Hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States.

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Blackface and whiteface are semantically related. You can use "Blackface" instead a noun "Whiteface".

In Brad Jones Demo Reel, Gretchen said she played Othello while wearing blackface, and then whiteface over that.

Source: Blackface
Scrubs has a flashback to an incident where Turk convinced JD to wear blackface (where Turk himself would be wearing whiteface) while they met with some friends of Turk's.

Source: Blackface
Blackface: Gretchen made this recursive, by playing Othello in blackface then whiteface.

Source: Web Video / Brad Jones Demo Reel

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