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Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Boondocks, and The Shivering Truth "due to cultural sensitivities."Per The Daily Beast, fans on Reddit noticed that several episodes of the shows were absent from HBO Max, where both Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Boondocks are available to stream.
Missing episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force include Season 6's "Shake Like Me," which features one character performing a stereotypical depiction of a Black man, and the incomplete Season 5 episode "Boston," a parody of
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Also on this day: Boston shoemakers are authorized to form a guild to protect their interests; it's the first American labor organization on record.The first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago is officially opened.The American flag is raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquishes control of the island to the U.S.Thomas Edison dies in West Orange, N.J., at age 84. Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: ITV has commissioned Greenacre Films, the producer behind Michaela Coel’s Netflix feature Been So Long, to make a six-part series about a wealthy family forced to confront their past and future after a terrible event.How To Get Away With Murder writer Abby Ajayi will pen Riches, a series that spans New York and London, and spotlights a Black British family, their ambitions, and their response to tragedy.Self-made Stephen Richards has built a
Carib women over to members of his crew to be raped; openly boasted about how easy it would be to enslave the Carib people; personally enslaved more than a thousand people; forced natives to mine gold or face execution; and perhaps most horrific of all, he literally sold children as young as 9 years old into sexual slavery.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe celebration of Columbus day has become highly-debated as more people have started to understand the Italian explorer’s unintentional discovery of America as one that exploited and led to the killings of large Native American populations.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was excluded from participating in New York’s major Columbus Day event Monday, The Post has learned. The head of the Columbus Citizens Foundation confirmed that de Blasio was not invited to speak at this year’s alternative event to the Columbus Day parade that was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Portland absorbed another night of violent protests Sunday that resulted in the toppling of two statues in the city and reports of numerous buildings with their windows smashed in, including the Oregon Historical Society. The unrest was reportedly tied to the "Day of Rage," on Columbus Day eve.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOne would think that “Westworld” star Thandie Newton and writer-director Ol Parker would be quick to offer acting advice to their daughter Nico Parker.“They do give me advice like, ‘Learn everybody’s name and always be nice’ and things like that, but when it comes to acting, they kind of steer clear of it because I think they want it to be my own experience for me to learn about things in my own way,” Nico tells Variety from the family’s
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first four episodes of “The Third Day.”If all had gone according to plan, audiences would have seen Naomie Harris’ version of the iconic Eve Moneypenny in the latest James Bond film, “No Time To Die,” in the spring of 2020, ahead of seeing her as Helen, a wife and mother who travels to a mysterious island to find out what happened to her husband in HBO’s “The Third Day.”Instead, the release
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Boondocks and The Shivering Truth.A season six episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force titled ‘Shake Like Me’ (which features an animated equivalent of blackface) does not feature on HBO Max, while ‘The Story of Jimmy Rebel’ from season three of The Boondocks was also intentionally withheld from the platform due to the appearance of a famed racist country singer.A representative for HBO Max told The Daily Beast that “neither of those episodes are part of our streaming
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsAdult Swim has pulled problematic episodes The Boondocks and Aqua Teen Hunger Force from the streaming platform.
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterSeveral episodes of Adult Swim series have been “permanently retired due to cultural sensitivities,” according to the network, including those from “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” “The Boondocks,” and “The Shivering Truth.”The Daily Beast, which first reported the news, noted that Reddit users had pointed out “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” episode “Shake Like Me” and “The Boondocks” episode “The Story of Jimmy Rebel” could not be found — or were only briefly found — on HBO Max,
Also Read: '30 Rock,' 'Scrubs' and Other TV Shows and Movies Pulled Over Blackface and Racial Insensitivity (Photos)These episodes are not available on HBO Max because they are not part of Adult Swim’s streaming deals with the platform.
Katherine Waterston has quietly developed one of the most diverse resumes of any actress in her generation. She is equally at home in an intimate feature such as the upcoming “The World to Come,” which premiered at Venice, as she is in a blockbuster like “Alien: Covenant” or “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” And she’s currently co-starring in the acclaimed HBO series “The Third Day,” in which she plays the mysterious Jess, a visitor to the ominous Osea Island.
Former Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller knows from experience what actress Lori Loughlin‘s life will be like when she enters Souther California’s Victorville Federal Correctional Institution. Lori is due to report there on Nov.
Katherine Waterston has quietly developed one of the most diverse resumes of any actress in her generation. She is equally at home in an intimate feature such as the upcoming “The World to Come,” which premiered at Venice, as she is in a blockbuster like “Alien: Covenant” or “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” And she’s currently co-starring in the acclaimed HBO series “The Third Day,” in which she plays the mysterious Jess, a visitor to the ominous Osea Island.
The Third Day is gripping viewers and he told EVOKE about a close call he had while filming at the show’s ‘perilous’ location.He plays Sam in the Sky original thriller and finds himself trapped on a mysterious island off the British coast as he deals with past trauma.Osea Island is where the filming takes place and it boasts a real-life tidal causeway road to get out to the island.This led the actor to have some ‘alarming’ experiences as the tides came in but also meant that the actors, like