The Twitter mob has targetted actor Shia LaBeouf for playing a gangster in the upcoming David Ayer-directed crime drama “The Tax Collector,” alleging he will be performing in “brownface.” Just one problem: the character LaBeouf will be playing is a whiteboy, not a Latino.
According to Fox News, LaBeouf will be making an interesting career turn as a crime boss who swindles “taxes” from Los Angeles street gangs. Given that LaBeouf is a Jewish guy acting in a movie with predominantly black and Latino actors, people on Twitter believed the role was some kind of “brownface” after the trailer dropped online. Take a look:
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