Lordy, it has been a week – not least owing to its leaking of three separate photographs of Justin Trudeau in varying versions of. I mean, it sounds like there might be more to come – on Thursday, the Canadian Prime Minister said he was ‘wary of being definitive about this’ because ‘the recent pictures that came out, I had not remembered’. Right.
Besides being staggeringly offensive, it seems the revelation of Trudeau’s historic behaviour has also proved ample ammunition for searing comedy – black British icon Sir Lenny Henry, no less, introduced himself as the Canadian prime minister in a Royal Television Society speech this week. ‘Nice to see you. I am Justin Trudeau’, said Henry to the crowd, before promising that ‘I'll be answering your questions any minute now.
Fittingly enough, the event’s focus was on-screen diversity: after skewering the disgraced politician, Sir Lenny spoke out about how to correct the dearth of BAME talent in television as well as the breath-taking statistics that only 13.6% of staff behind the camera are women and only 0.
‘Diversity makes TV better. Diversity is not an afterthought, it’s how you make great television. Diversity creates a better society’, said Henry. Justin, are you taking notes? Trudeau’s certainly been making his own speeches this week, addressing the black and brownface controversy – ‘I’m pissed off at myself, I’m disappointed in myself’, said the prime minister. ‘I should have known better then, but I didn’t, and I am deeply sorry for it.
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