[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The dictator is Asian,that's just a given to look like him you have to look Asian...

Well to be fair, that's not entirely true, I don't think his costume would have been any less effective without the yellow makeup or eye prosthetics. Walliams doesn't really have "big round eyes" to start with, and the costume + wig makes him look plenty like Kim Jong-un. It's not like anyone would have been like "I'm so confused, who is he meant to be??"... the hair is pretty iconic .

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well to be fair, that's not entirely true, I don't think his costume would have been any less effective without the yellow makeup or eye prosthetics. Walliams doesn't really have "big round eyes" to start with, and the costume + wig makes him look plenty like Kim Jong-un. It's not like anyone would have been like "I'm so confused, who is he meant to be??"... the hair is pretty iconic .

What if you wan't to look exactly like someone you don't have to recreate their features on yourself?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

What if you wan't to look exactly like someone you don't have to recreate their features on yourself?

He doesn't look "exactly like him", he looks like David Walliams with eye prosthetics and a wig. I'm saying it would have been just as effective as a Kim Jong costume without the eyes and makeup.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

He doesn't look "exactly like him", he looks like David Walliams with eye prosthetics and a wig. I'm saying it would have been just as effective as a Kim Jong costume without the eyes and makeup.

He would have looked like David Walliams in a wig then?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

He would have looked like David Walliams in a wig then?

Well I'd say "David Walliams taking the piss by dressing up as Kim Jong-un" would be more what he was going for than falling into the offensive yellow face trope. But Walliams doesn't seem to think anything through. Watching him on BGT you can see he's very much a do it now and think later kind of person.

Still, at least Matt Lucas learned from his years on Little Britain.