Netflix’s purge of comedies featuring white performers in blackface continued last night when the streamer removed cult British showCreated 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
titledFor the role, Fielding was painted in black makeup and wore a dread-like wig below a white top hat. The character appeared in later episodes over the course of the three series.collection rather than targeting specific episodes. It follows the streamer’s decision to take down three other British comedies,
Hold WhatWeDoInTheShadows star Kayvan Novak accountable for his past use of blackface in his comedy WWDITS ShadowsFX
It was fucking terrible anyway
I can see why.
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