White males David Walliams and Matt Lucas, the creators of the BBC-produced show Little Britain, have apologized for their prior use of blackface sketches, saying they now “regret” play…
Come Fly With Me,“There’s a lot of historical programming available on BBC iPlayer, which we regularly review,” said a BBC statement. “Times have changed sinceBritBox added: “Times have changed since has not been available on the service for six months.”included a character called Desiree DeVere, a black woman played by Walliams in full blackface.
Walliams has spoken in the past about how a revival would not revisit more controversial characters. “If I could go back and do again, I wouldn’t make those jokes about transvestites. I wouldn’t play black characters,” he told the Big Issue. “Basically, I wouldn’t make that show now. It would upset people. We made a more cruel kind of comedy than I’d do now.”
Matt & I have both spoken publicly in recent years of our regret that we played characters of other races. Once again we want to make it clear that it was wrong & we are very sorry.David and I have both spoken publicly in recent years of our regret that we played characters of other races. Once again we want to make it clear that it was wrong and we are very sorry.
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