This is a charged topic that needs grace and nuance to do right. When blackface is done with the input, support and consent of the black community, it can re-open discussions about how black identities continue to be co-opted by white media.

Tropic Thunder is a great example of blackface as social commentary.

Sarah Silverman did it, too, as…I think a statement on stereotypes? There were levels there but I don’t think they were intentional.