Wayans Brothers Commentary
How`d They do that?
A Waynes Comedy

Roasted by critics but surprisingly tenacious at the box office, White Chicks
is the kind of comedy that thrives (well, maybe) on home video. Faint praise
indeed, but it allows comedy fans an opportunity to cut the Wayans brothers
(costars Marlon and Shawn, and director-cowriter Keenen Ivory) some slack
and at least try to answer the obvious question, what were they thinking? For
the sake of charity, let's ignore charges of reverse racism that plagued this
would-be comedy about a pair of FBI agents (Marlon and Shawn) who go
undercover as over-privileged white debutantes to thwart a kidnapping
scheme, and let's allow that comedy--not social satire--is the Wayans' top
priority. If you can get past the fart jokes, the freakishly unconvincing "white
chick" makeup, seemingly endless gags about "white chicks" getting hit on
by lusty black guys, and a plot that really doesn't matter at all, you just might
find a laugh or two in the Wayans' attempt to understand women through a
bit of friendly gender reversal. Tootsie it's not, but at least White Chicks offers
more entertainment that Nicky and Paris Hilton, who partially inspired the
story. Just ask yourself, which freak show do you prefer?