Emasculating The Black Male: 15 Actors Who Wore a Dress For Success

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Who: Martin Lawrence

When: 1992-1997 and 2000, 2006, 2011

Movie/TV Show: Martin  and the Big Momma movie series

Roles: Martin Lawrence, like Murphy, is notorious for playing women on screen. On his hit television show Martin, he would play the recurring female character Sheneneh. Lawrence wore a dress again on the big screen in his role as Big Momma, completing Big Momma’s House in 2000,  Big Momma’s House 2 in 2006 and Big Momma: Like Father, Like Son in 2011. 

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Who: Brandon T. Jackson

When: 2011

Movie:  Big Momma: Like Father, Like Son

Role: Following in Martin’s footsteps, young actor Brandon T. Jackson joined the dressing-up act in the movie Big Momma: Like Father, Like Son.

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