Film And Tv Criticism

noun a type of theatrical makeup used to darken the skin in order to portray a person of a different ethnicity

verb to darken one's skin using makeup in order to portray a person of a different ethnicity

• The actor faced backlash for his use of brownface in the movie.
• I can't believe he thought it was okay to do brownface for his costume.
• That's so not cool, doing brownface like that.
• Using brownface is like painting a false image of oneself.