Meaning of paint down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To apply blackface to (an actor).
   transitive
2. To coat with a substance through painting.
   transitive

Examples

“White actors in blackface were so common that even Shirley Temple was painted down in The Littlest Rebel (1935).”

“Producer reaffirms that this Section 14 prohibits the practice commonly referred to as 'painting down'. […] The protests were in opposition to the literal adoption of blackface within Tropic that ultimately disallowed the gainful employment of male African-American actors.”

“Paint it down in resin.”

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