A scene featuring blackface has been edited out of TheOffice
Netflix and Hulu both also pulled the “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” episode of “has confirmed. In the episode, Ken Jeong’s character wears dark make-up to play a “dark elf.”
“We support the decision to remove the episode,” said a spokesperson for “Community” producer Sony Pictures Television. In addition to scripted blackface moments being removed, late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon have both publicly apologized for using blackface for impersonations of Black celebrities in the past.“I have long been reluctant to address this, as I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apologies with weakness and cheer for leaders who use prejudice to divide us. That delay was a mistake,” Kimmel said in a prepared statement.
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