True, that was terrible.
"Blackface" Discussion
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A complete dickhead from my school dressed up in blackface and a suit for one of those stupid 'dress offensive' nights at university. A few pictures of him looking sickeningly smug were uploaded to Facebook and deleted within a few hours. Unfortunately for him I screenshotted them all. If he gets famous/successful they're getting leaked
A fair amount of blackface in the Mighty Boosh too. Not that many people will re-watch it.
It's Always Sunny has a few instances of blackface. I hope Netflix don't get any ideas about that.
Context wise though, its acknowledging the crassness of it and how ridiculous they look doing it. Same as Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
I guess we'll never get to see Come Fly With Me again? 
That show as hilarious. No more Precious Little and Taj Manzoor.
That show as hilarious. No more Precious Little and Taj Manzoor.The little Britain one is weird, since there was no reason to make the character black in the first place.
Leigh Francis apologised for his own blackface a couple days ago. At least with Bo Selecta it was sort of necessary. If he’s trying to make a mask look like Trisha or Mel B, it needs to look like them. Not saying it was right, but it made sense from that point of view. With LB they could have just had Walliam’s character in a white fat suit the same as Lucas’s and nothing would’ve changed.
Leigh Francis apologised for his own blackface a couple days ago. At least with Bo Selecta it was sort of necessary. If he’s trying to make a mask look like Trisha or Mel B, it needs to look like them. Not saying it was right, but it made sense from that point of view. With LB they could have just had Walliam’s character in a white fat suit the same as Lucas’s and nothing would’ve changed.
Seeing Little Britain clips now a lot of it is quite shocking tbf, not surprised at this.
Yeah, it hasn’t aged well. There’s a massive backlash against the “I’m a laydee” stuff from trans activists too.
It's so weird seeing David Walliams and (particularly) Matt Lucas have their opinions on Twitter, and then seeing the characters they thought up in Little Britain and come fly with me.
Such a complete mismatch. I guess some time has passed since.
Such a complete mismatch. I guess some time has passed since.
Things move on quickly don’t they. I didn’t bat an eyelid at any of this stuff at the time, and it was only 10-15 years ago.
Is Catherine Tate going to be next with her Derek character, I wonder?
Is Bo Selecta seen as offensive as little Britain? I’ve not seen it in years but always thought it was just taking the piss out of celebrities?
little Britain hasn’t aged well at all but I wouldn’t put bo selecta in that league.
little Britain hasn’t aged well at all but I wouldn’t put bo selecta in that league.
Trisha called Leigh Francis out for hypocrisy after he voiced support for BLM. He apologised, and that’s as far as I read.
He was white wasn’t he?
Yeah, I know this is the Blackface thread but it won't be long before they move onto depictions of gay characters, I guess.
The world is definetly heading into the wrong direction. 
Just had to google what Antoine did 3 years ago, because of the reactions i saw here i thought it must have been something scandalous.... and it was just a picture of him dressed as a black basketball player?! This world really has become way too sensitive. I don't like it. Not at all.
edit: I made some research now about the past of 'blackfacing'. Now i get it a little bit, but i still think it's stupid to be this sensitive if it is obvious that someone who does it has no bad intentions.
Just had to google what Antoine did 3 years ago, because of the reactions i saw here i thought it must have been something scandalous.... and it was just a picture of him dressed as a black basketball player?! This world really has become way too sensitive. I don't like it. Not at all.
edit: I made some research now about the past of 'blackfacing'. Now i get it a little bit, but i still think it's stupid to be this sensitive if it is obvious that someone who does it has no bad intentions.
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Its looks quite bad now, but let's remember they were taking the p*ss out of all races, and gay people. Comedy will be going down hill if we are not allowed to laugh at anything anymore.
I can understand this one more than Bo selecta though.
I can understand this one more than Bo selecta though.
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You'd think gay characters should be able to survive. I mean, I understand why it might be offensive for a white person to portray a black person. But a straight person playing a gay person? That's basically what acting is, isn't it? Pretending to be something you're not?
The gay stuff in Little Britain was more well done, I'd say. Lucas is gay in real life which makes it more acceptable for a start, and the audience were only ever laughing at his character and how absurd he was. The rest of the characters around him were all played 'straight' if you'll pardon the pun!
I watched the scene from Airplane where the old white woman translates jive with the two black passengers. Is that Ok or not?
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer did blackface for their Otis Redding sketches too.
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer did blackface for their Otis Redding sketches too.
I hate that excuse. Racism should be allowed if the person is mocking other races too
Hollywood Shuffle has to be safe though.
I fecking love that movie.
I fecking love that movie.
I'd say that's okay, I still find it hilarious.
I don't see it as being racist, just a comedic moment featuring a granny who shouldn't know the lingo.
As for blackface, it's fecking deplorable in any situation.
"How would they feel if we pulled down a statue of Mohammed, eh?"
Twitter to me just proves that the right wing has the snowiest and the flakiest snowflakes I swear down
Twitter to me just proves that the right wing has the snowiest and the flakiest snowflakes I swear down
.The world is definetly heading into the wrong direction.
Just had to google what Antoine did 3 years ago, because of the reactions i saw here i thought it must have been something scandalous.... and it was just a picture of him dressed as a black basketball player?! This world really has become way too sensitive. I don't like it. Not at all.
edit: I made some research now about the past of 'blackfacing'. Now i get it a little bit, but i still think it's stupid to be this sensitive if it is obvious that someone who does it has no bad intentions.
I'm not really sure that you do.
Defending the right to keep a racist statue aside, they do make an interesting point. If we're re-evaluating the morals of everyone we seem to hold in higher regard, should Mohammed be exempt? I'm not saying yes or no, but I hadn't really thought of that.
Muslims wouldn't mind if there were no statues of Mohammed, that was the joke.
I was gonna say I don't think there are any statues of Mohammed considering he's not supposed to be depicted.
Do they mind that Jesus is depicted?
The Airplane scene is fine IMO. Similar to little kids cursing.
Apparently they feel the same about Jesus and Moses, yes.
Interesting. I do like mosque interiors but I prefer churches with the statues and paintings quite frankly. A mosque is just a nice tile job really.
People have been killed over depicting Muhammed but Jesus is nailed on a cross in every Christian church in the world. Maybe they're not supposed to be depicted either but if that's the case it's not a feeling that's held as strongly as depicting Jesus or Moses. South Park only had to remove one of those 3 from their show.
To be fair, they probably recognize that Jesus and Moses are revered by other religions so they don't take those depictions so personally, for lack of a better word. The intent is to avoid situations of idolatry, which all three faiths say is bad (even if the Christians ignore it).
If your that sensitive about stuff i suggest you don't watch the tv. The Simpsons stereotype all the time. Like grounds keeper Willy, and poke fun at religion.
Like i said there will be no point in comedy at this rate.