Film
White Chicks
- 4:30PM
Though critically maligned upon its release, this oddball whiteface farce—in which two black FBI agents (Shawn & Marlon Wayans) go undercover as blonde white women in order to protect a pair of mega-wealthy heiresses—deserves a second look for the way it plays daringly with the signifiers and stereotypes of early 2000s whiteness, from Juicy Couture to Maroon 5 to Terry Crews bopping along to Vanessa Carlton.
Intro by Racquel Gates, Assistant Professor of Cinema & Media Studies at the College of Staten Island, CUNY
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