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that Bill Cosby was instrumental in ending the practice of painting down, in which instead of using black stuntmen for black actors, white stuntmen performed in blackface. Cosby refused to have painted down stunt doubles for his I Spy role and only worked with stunt performer Calvin Brown.

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that Bill Cosby was instrumental in ending the practice of
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that Bill Cosby was instrumental in ending the practice of “painting down,” in which instead of using black stuntmen for black actors, white stuntmen performed in blackface. Cosby refused to have “painted down” stunt doubles for his “I Spy” role and only worked with stunt performer Calvin Brown.

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