Free Press For Netflix With Controversial Orange Is The New Black Costume! [VIDEO] Julianne Hough Black Face Costume Puts OITNB On The Map

Free press for Netflix with controversial Orange Is The New Black costume! Everyone is talking about Netflix show ORTNB this week thanks to super fan Julianne Hough and her Black Face controversial costume.  The actress is getting major backlash as she wore a black face on Halloween to resemble Crazy Eyes, a character played by actress Uzo Aduba from the hit Netflix series "Orange is the New Black." The free press almost seems too good to be true for Netflix. Did the streaming site put her up to it?

The controversial costume has had people asking themselves, 'how come I don't watch Orange Is The New Black' on Netflix after constant stories about Julianne Hough's costume on the news. I've seen every episode of OITNB and now I'm even finding myself wanting to sign up for Netflix again just to see the next season!

People are very sensitive about Black face as it has a negetative connotation towards black people. But Julianne Hough Did NOT mean to portray black people in that way, she just really loves Orange Is The New Black. Should she not have gone out with the costume of her idol?

Julianne was dressing like Crazy Eyes because all of her friends were dressing like their favority character from 'Orang Is The New Black.' Julianne meant it as a compliment toward the Netflix show, and not as an insult toward African Americans.

The blond stunner apologized for the cotume saying "It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way. I realize my costume hurt and offended people and I truly apologize."

Her brother, Derek Hough who attended the Halloween party with Julianne over the weekend, spoke out in her defense saying "She's my little baby sister and she's the sweetest thing ever.  She is just beyond beside herself. She's so apologetic. She's so so sorry."

There are two ways to look at the situation:

1)   Julianne Hough did not mean to be racial and America is too sensitive. We have a black president for Gods sake. When black people keep bringing up reasons to be insulted, it only hurts them. So black people can dress as white people such as Cinderella, but white people can't dress like black people. Of course not. Every little girl dresses as their favorite Disney character, and almost all of tehm are white. Black people are constantly saying 'nigger' but white people can't?! It has to work both ways.

And what about when Dave Chappelle does his white newscaster impersonation or Key & Peele do the Jewish & Nazi skit with the cat toy? Should we just never dress as another race?

2) Blackface represents a combination of put-down, fear and morbid fascination with black culture.  Blackface minstrelsy first became nationally popular in the late 1820s when white male performers portrayed African-American characters using burnt cork to blacken their skin. Wearing tattered clothes, the performances mocked black behavior, playing racial stereotypes for laughs.

The caricatures took such a firm hold on the American imagination that audiences expected any person with dark skin, no matter what their background, to conform to one or more of the stereotypes.

Black face meant something negative in the 1900's on Broadway, in silent movies, cartoons and on the radio blackface was depicted as a way to laugh at black people.

Is it time for black people to get eoover the use of Black face?

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