Chris Lilley’s comedy shows pulled from Netflix over blackface characters

Workaholics featuring Chris D’Elia playing a sexual predator has been pulled from numerous streaming platforms.The comedian has been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct by a number of women in the past week after a woman named Simone Rossi accused him of “grooming” her when she was 16, allegations he has denied.An episode in season one of Workaholics in 2011, entitled To Friend a Predator, sees D’Elia portray a child molester called Topher who is befriended by the show’s main characters,

he wrote.Also Read: Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Has a Bonus Scene After the CreditsOdenkirk replied, “We considered every choice we made doing our show, and always aimed to make you laugh and think, and never make an obvious or easy point…that very much includes this sketch.

Netflix has pulled The Mighty Boosh from its service due to the show’s use of blackface.The League Of Gentlemen has also been removed as the latest in a number of shows that are disappearing from streaming services due to perceived racial insensitivity.Both shows contain a character that is played by a white actor wearing blackface, and The Guardian reports that the shows have been removed from Netflix due to being racially problematic.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix’s purge of comedies featuring white performers in blackface continued last night when the streamer removed cult British show The Mighty Boosh.Created by Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, and produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions, the program featured a character called The Spirit of Jazz in an episode titled Electro.For the role, Fielding was painted in black makeup and wore a dread-like wig below a white top hat.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: The BBC has performed a u-turn over clips of Australian comedian Chris Lilley in blackface, quietly deleting them from its website on Wednesday.Deadline asked the BBC twice earlier today if 10 clips of Lilley playing character S.mouse in Angry Boys would remain on its website, and twice the BBC stood by the content.“The change only affects Little Britain,” it told me, referring to a decision on Tuesday to take down Little Britain from iPlayer after

The League of Gentlemen has been removed from Netflix in light of the show’s use of blackface.The League of Gentlemen, which began in 1999 and was created by Reece Shearsmith alongside Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton, remains on BBC iPlayer for now.Shearsmith, who is white, plays Papa Lazarou in the BBC series.

Netflix chiefs have pulled four of Australian comedian Chris Lilley’s shows that feature him using blackface or playing other racially insensitive characters.

Also Read: Netflix Launches 'Black Lives Matter' Collection With More Than 45 Films, TV Series and DocsNetflix declined to comment on the decision to remove four of Lilley’s shows and representatives for Lilley did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request.More to come…Summer is less than a month away and with everyone staying at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we’re imagining your plans for June, July and August have more to do with TV listings than usual.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix has removed four comedy shows featuring outspoken Australian performer Chris Lilley from its platform in Australia and New Zealand.Lilley’s questionable depictions of characters in a range of shows have previously raised questions about racial discrimination. Now they have run afoul of the global reevaluation of Black people’s position in society, and their on-screen portrayal, following the death of George Floyd in the custody of U.S.

Also Read: Netflix Launches 'Black Lives Matter' Collection With More Than 45 Films, TV Series and DocsNetflix declined to comment on the decision to remove four of Lilley’s shows and representatives for Lilley did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request.More to come…Summer is less than a month away and with everyone staying at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we’re imagining your plans for June, July and August have more to do with TV listings than usual.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Netflix and the BBC were in lockstep over the decision to remove episodes of Little Britain from their libraries after the British comedy featured blackface sketches, but differences of views are appearing over other shows.In the heat of the Black Lives Matter movement, Deadline can reveal that Netflix has removed four shows from controversial Australian comedian Chris Lilley from its services in Australia and New Zealand.Angry Boys, Summer Heights

Little Britain has been removed from streaming services over its use of blackface characters.Netflix, Britbox and iPlayer no longer offer the comedy series, starring David Walliams and Matt Lucas, in their catalogue after criticism over the characters, which sees white men portray black people.The BBC - where the programme aired - said "times have changed".The decision to cut the series comes following the Black Lives Matter protests, which were sparked following the death of George Floyd.Mr

George Floyd.The footage shows Millard Scott tumbling downstairs after an officer is heard to warn: "Police officer with a Taser. Stay where you are."As officers ask if he is OK and tell him to keep still, a distressed woman can be heard saying: "They've Tasered him."Speaking to ITV News, Mr Scott said he believed he would not have been Tasered if he were white."I'm lucky to be alive," he said."The only people who have invaded our space are the Metropolitan Police.

Also Read: 'Next in Fashion' Canceled by Netflix After 1 SeasonMatt Lucas playing “Taaj” in “Come Fly With Me”Lucas had previously expressed regret over the show in a 2017 interview.“I wouldn’t play black characters. Basically, I wouldn’t make that show now,” Lucas told “The Big Issue” magazine.

Little Mix over anti-racism protests has been remixed using Blur‘s ‘Parklife’ – listen to it below.The anti-Islam activist and former leader of the English Defence League shared a video this weekend of him attacking the various protests taking place across the UK in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.The protests taking place across the US and around the world come after George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 when a white police officer knelt on his