'White Chicks' Star Marlon Wayans Pushes Back On Cancel Culture, Vows To Never Self-Censor

Marlon Wayans has reacted with anger to criticism of his iconic movie White Chicks and the cancel culture.

When talking about political correctness, the 2004 movie is frequently brought up, and many claim that it could never have been created in the present circumstances.

Wayans, though, has responded to such criticism by claiming that films like White Chicks deserved their place in Hollywood.

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"I don't know what planet we're on, where you think people don't need laughter, and that people need to be censored and cancelled," Wayans told Buzzfeed.

"If a joke is gonna get me cancelled, thank you for doing me that favour."

Wayans ignored the topic when it was put to him about White Chicks, which has faced criticism in recent years for having "problematic" themes.

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"I think [films like White Chicks are] needed," he said.

"It's sad that society is in this place where we can't laugh anymore."

Then he criticized cancel culture and said he would still not appeal to the younger, more sensitive generations.

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"I ain't listening to this damn generation. I ain't listening to these folks: These scared-ass people, these scared executives," he told Buzzfeed.

"Y'all do what you want to do? Great. I'm still gonna tell my jokes the way I tell them. And if you want to make some money, jump on board. And if not, then I'll find a way to do it myself. I know my audience."

He added: "My audience comes to my shows every weekend and they leave feeling great and laughing."

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He concluded by summarising his legendary family's attitude to showbiz.

"One thing about the Wayans, we've always told the worst joke the best way," he said, as per Buzzfeed.

In the 2004 movie White Chicks, Wayans and his brother Marlon play two FBI agents who pose as white ladies in an effort to solve a kidnapping case.

The two, who played Tiffany and Brittany Wilson, the movie's titular "white chicks," had to put on a lot of prosthetics and makeup for their separate roles, which took a long time.

Wayans stated in an interview with GQ earlier this year that working on the movie took a toll on him and his brother because they spent 14 hours a day on set.

He explained that this did not even account for the time needed to put on and take off the makeup.

Wayans, 50, said: "That movie almost killed us."

"Seven hours of makeup. We’d work 14 hours after that. It takes an hour to get the makeup off. Shawn and I would get two hours of sleep for, like, 65 days, or 60 days."