Yesterday we reported that the BBC confirmed the reason for removing “Little Britain” and “Come Fly With Me” from streaming services was due to the blackface characters used in the series. What we perhaps didn’t make clear is that Netflix removed these shows on their own accord before the BBC made their equivalent decision. It now transpires that further shows with blackface characters are also being removed by Netflix – but not the BBC.
The streaming service has removed “The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour”, which stars “Trailer Park Boys” John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith, globally from their catalogue. The series featured two blackface characters as well as well as an Asian caricature.
Netflix viewers in Australia and New Zealand will also notice that four Chris Lilley shows have been removed: “Angry Boys”, “Summer Heights High”, “Jonah From Tonga” and “We Can Be Heroes”. The shows have Lilley playing blackface characters as well as a Chinese student.
In the UK “The League of Gentlemen” has been removed earlier than it’s scheduled expiry date of June 19th – the show used blackface for the character Papa Lazarou.
For UK viewers that still want to watch these shows a few are still on iPlayer including: Some “Angry Boys” clips, “Summer Heights High”, “We Can Be Heroes” and “The League of Gentlemen” as the BBC have stated that their “decision on Little Britain impacts Little Britain alone” (source: Deadline).
Chris Lilley’s Netflix Original “Lunatics”, which features Lilley playing a South African lady, remains on the service but producer Laura Walters has previously said that Lilley is “not portraying a woman of colour.”
Going to far now
It seems you can only make fun of white people now.
Why?
Ffs.
Can you remove white chicks?white men cant jump?
Bollocks.
Tanya Keegan
Ffs this is getting out of hand now
White chicks been removed yet then ?
Or is it a different story for that film
How about they remove dear white people then ?
This going to get silly the next thing the actors are going to be called racist
Snowflakes
This is beyond a joke
i loved that show.
Beyond a joke now I cant beleave u cant do fxxx all
Absolutely ridiculous! These over-the-top- PC people are losing their sense of humour and becoming boring and miserable.
This is only going to cause more hate and a huge divide.
Hello dave
Not long until tropic thunder hits the list then!
Remove white chicks as well if its on there. Blacks being whites. This is getting ridiculous.
They’ve gotten rid of mad men too.
Waiting for it’s always Sunny now…
Here is an article for anyone saying it’s only a joke and asking why. This pretty much explains it.
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/29/7089591/why-is-blackface-offensive-halloween-costume
If Keith Lemon can understand what is wrong in satirical blackface, I would hope most white people could try understanding. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-52935412
Sad sad sad sad sad
Never seen so many butthurt snowflakes complaining.
Is everyone forgetting about the context of a joke? @JonathanPieNews
You’re my ex wife now
They removed League of Gentleman cos Papa Lazarou is in black face ? Hes not meant to be a person of color ! His skin really is black ! Like jet black…
All the white people losing their shit….its pathetic
How do you genuinely feel about this @Markgatiss , @RealMattLucas , @davidwalliams ?
These days, you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you’re English, don’t you?
No, you don’t. Obviously. Your white privilege is still 99% intact.
Wait. I thought these issues was over bad cops?
Wonder why nobody is banging on about “white chicks”, or is whiteface comedy ok
Whoopi Goldberg said it best when she did the disclaimer on the Tom & Jerry dvds. That to erase it would be to pretend that it never existed.
White chicks should be next for doing white face
What about white chicks, or is that deemed to be ok?
Want to buy some pegs, Dave?
Adam Tweddle
Thank goodness for dvds then.
Stuart Fisher it’s a clown, eh?
they should have done this back in the 90’s!!!! Why did they wait?
Remove all Jewish, Irish, Chinese and disabled references too! Yeh right.
The only “snowflakes” I see whining are whiteboys who don’t like the world changing around them.
White Chicks? WHOOOOSH!!! Something’s gone right over your heads.