In Brazil, there has been at least some history of non-comedic use of blackface, using white actors for black characters like Uncle Tom (although the practice of "racelift", or making black/mulatto characters into mestiços/swarthy whites/caboclos, is more frequent than blackface).Os Negros Nas Novelas, blog Virtualia, May 23, 2009.A Cor de Gabriela , Lost in Japan, June 18, 2012.Caixa refaz propaganda e mostra Machado de Assis mulato , F5, Folha de S.Paulo, October 10, 2011. Use of blackface in humor has been used more rarely than in Portugal, although it also continues into this century (but it creates major uproar among the sizeable and more politically active Afro-Brazilian community)."Racismo explícito no Zorra Total relembra humor segregacionista dos EUA", Pragmatismo Político, August 15, 2012.
In Brazil, there has been at least some history of non-comedic use of blackface, using white actors for black characters like Uncle Tom (although the practice of ,"racelift" or making black/mulatto characters into mestiços/swarthy whites/caboclos, is more frequent than blackface).Os Negros Nas Novelas, blog Virtualia, May 23, 2009.A Cor de Gabriela , Lost in Japan, June 18, 2012.Caixa refaz propaganda e mostra Machado de Assis mulato , F5, Folha de S.Paulo, October 10, 2011. Use of blackface in humor has been used more rarely than in Portugal, although it also continues into this century (but it creates major uproar among the sizeable and more politically active Afro-Brazilian community)."Racismo explícito no Zorra Total relembra humor segregacionista dos EUA", Pragmatismo Político, August 15, 2012.