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23.06.2020 - 18:29 / msn.com
Tina Fey has apologised for the use of blackface in her sitcom 30 Rock and requested the episodes be removed from circulation.The 50-year-old comedian and Robert Carlock, co-creator of the NBC comedy, have asked that four episodes of the series in which characters appear in blackface be removed from streaming and syndication.Fey wrote in a note obtained by Variety: “As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in
.We just love television so much.
"Is this even safe?" KiKi Layne's Nile Freeman asks as she looks around a rickety Russian plane."Does it matter?" shrugs Charlize Theron's Andy, looking tough in a black tank top and Chet Baker-like haircut. In a typical action movie it's a typical line — macho, heroic bluster.
AMC bosses won’t be pulling a controversial episode of Mad Men, featuring blackface, from the network in an effort to maintain “historical authenticity”.According to the Los Angeles Times, the episode in question – season three’s My Old Kentucky Home – will be shown in its entirety, along with trigger warning ahead of the programme, warning it contains “disturbing images related to race in America”.“One of the characters is shown in blackface as part of an episode that shows how commonplace
"Is this even safe?" KiKi Layne's Nile Freeman asks as she looks around a rickety Russian plane."Does it matter?" shrugs Charlize Theron's Andy, looking tough in a black tank top and Chet Baker-like haircut. In a typical action movie it's a typical line — macho, heroic bluster.
AMC’s Mad Men will appear across all streaming platforms later in the month, even an episode in which a character wears blackface. This Wednesday, Lionsgate dropped a statement in which they explained their decision not to eliminate one of Season 3’s episodes, “My Old Kentucky Home,” despite the recent removal of similar episodes from other series like Scrubs, Community, and 30 Rock.
AMC bosses won’t be pulling a controversial episode of Mad Men, featuring blackface from the network, in an effort to maintain “historical authenticity”.According to the Los Angeles Times, the episode in question – season three’s My Old Kentucky Home – will be shown in its entirety, along with trigger warning ahead of the program, warning it contains “disturbing images related to race in America”.“One of the characters is shown in blackface as part of an episode that shows how commonplace racism
Mad Men will keep an episode featuring a character in blackface, instead opting to attach a disclaimer when the series returns to streaming services this month.Episode three of the AMC period drama’s third season, ‘My Old Kentucky Home’, sees the character Roger Sterling, played by John Slattery, wear blackface to sing the anti-slavery ballad ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ to woo his wife Jane at a party, played by Peyton List.Most other characters laugh at Sterling’s performance, though Don Draper (Jon
AMC has decided to keep up the episode of Mad Men that features blackface.
Dade Hayes Finance EditorFox Corp.’s Tubi is widening the streaming audience for The Joy of Painting, the hushed classic hosted by the late Bob Ross.Thirty of 31 seasons, totaling almost 400 episodes, will be on Tubi by the end of the month. The first season of the show, which launched in 1983, is not part of the launch.Cinedigm’s Docurama Channel, which is already on Tubi, will feature the Painting episodes.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen Tina Fey announced that “30 Rock” would remove four episodes featuring blackface (or what she called “race-changing makeup”) from streaming services, she said that it was because she wanted to “do the work and do better in regards to race in America.” Soon thereafter, episodes featuring approximations of blackface from “Community,” “Scrubs,” and “The Golden Girls” were pulled offline and a scene from “The Office” was cut from Netflix, all ostensibly in
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAn episode of Mad Men which contains blackface will remain when AMC’s signature series returns to streaming later this month. Lionsgate has added a disclaimer to the episode, which features John Slattery’s character in blackface, explaining that the scene “shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963.”Here is Lionsgate’s statement in full: “This episode contains disturbing images related to race in America.
and are the latest shows that are making big changes. Amid recent backlash over the use of blackface, as well as white actors voicing ethnic characters, a spokesperson for tells ET on Friday that «Moving forward, will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.”Mike Henry, known as the voice of Cleveland Brown on, also said that he would no longer be voicing the Black character.
Following in the footsteps of such series as “30 Rock” and “Scrubs”, steps are being taken to address episodes of “The Office” and “Community” that feature white characters in blackface.
Will Thorne Staff WriterA scene from “The Office” in which a character appears in blackface has been edited out, Variety has confirmed.The show’s creator Greg Daniels issued the following statement regarding the scene from the 2012 episode “Dwight Christmas.”“‘The Office’ is about a group of people trying to work together with mutual respect despite the inappropriate actions of their boss and assistant manager,” said Daniels.
Following the announcement that episodes of “30 Rock” featuring white characters in blackface have been pulled from Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, another NBC sitcom will be plucking similarly problematic episodes from streaming services.
Hulu is removing episodes of Scrubs.