Source: World Wide Web
The anti-racist anger in the United States triggered by Floyd's death continues to burn, following warner Media's HBO Max platform announced the removal of the American Civil War-era movie "Gone with the Wind", Netflix and the BBC platform also announced the removal of the well-known comedy sketch series "Little Britain", the reason is because the white actors in the play painted "black face" when playing black characters.
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According to the "Russia Today" (RT) reported on the 9th, when the death of black man Floyd caused people to grow concerns about racial injustice, the American Netflix Company announced the removal of the British drama "Little Britain" on the 5th - because the white actors in the play imitated black people to "paint black faces". Subsequently, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) also issued a statement on the 9th that it had removed the drama from its platform.
The statement said that "times have changed" since Little Britain first aired, so it will not continue to be broadcast on the BBC's iPlayer platform. The statement also mentioned: "There are a lot of historical programmes on the BBC iPlayer platform that we review regularly. ”
White actor Matthew Lucas plays a Thai woman Image source: American media
White actor David Williams reverses black female characters Source: US media
According to RT, "Little Britain" was questioned as "racist" after it aired. In the play, white actor David Williams reverses the black female characters and blackens his face. Another white actor, Matthew Lucas, plays a Thai woman. In an interview with the magazine in 2017, Lucas even joked that he played the role of a black person just to "make everyone laugh." But Williams said in a recent interview that if he had made the show in 2020, he would have performed "in a different way."
According to the report, the removal of "Little Britain" has also triggered heated discussion among netizens, some netizens believe that the show is indeed racially discriminatory and condemn it as a "dirty show", but some netizens retort that comedy should not be linked to "political correctness".