In homage to the upcoming #OscarsSoWhite Academy Awards broadcast, Comedy Central’s “@Midnight” asked people to #MakeAMovieWhiter.
This years Oscars are whiter than a polar bear at an NPR party so tonight we’re playing #MakeAMovieWhiter. Play! https://t.co/k2YOn8ojaq
— @midnight (@midnight) January 27, 2016
Some argued that it’s impossible to make cinema Whiter than it already is:
Change nothing because the movies are extremely white already. #MakeAMovieWhiter
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) January 27, 2016
But lots of folks took up the challenge, to hilarious results. Here are some of the tweets that made us laugh out loud:
Coming to ‘Merica #MakeAMovieWhiter
— Rahmage (@rahmage) January 27, 2016
Madea Goes To Jail… She Gets Bailed Out Immediately and They Subsequently Drop All Charges. #makeamoviewhiter
— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) January 27, 2016
I Know What You Culturally Appropriated Last Summer #MakeAMovieWhiter @midnight
— Stephen Anfield (@StephenAnfield) January 27, 2016
0 Years a Slave #MakeAMovieWhiter
— Stewart Sowman-Lund (@StewartLundNZ) January 27, 2016
50 shades of white privilege #MakeAMovieWhiter
— Latò (@uLelato) January 27, 2016
The Hateful White #MakeAMovieWhiter pic.twitter.com/fVoAfG10wB
— Harry Seaton (@harryseaton) January 27, 2016
It’s The Great Pumpkin Spice Latte Charlie Brown #MakeAMovieWhiter
— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) January 27, 2016
The Color Lavender #MakeAMovieWhiter
— Liooon!! (@Jerrell_Lanos) January 27, 2016
Dude, Where’s My Oscar? #MakeAMovieWhiter @midnight
— Brandon Cloud (@theclobra) January 27, 2016