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‘The Mighty Boosh’ The Latest Comedy To Be Removed From Netflix Over Blackface Concerns

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Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix’s purge of comedies featuring white performers in blackface continued last night when the streamer removed cult British show The Mighty Boosh.Created by Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, and produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions, the program featured a character called The Spirit of Jazz in an episode titled Electro.For the role, Fielding was painted in black makeup and wore a dread-like wig below a white top hat.

The character appeared in later episodes over the course of the three series.Netflix has taken down its entire Mighty Boosh collection rather than targeting specific episodes.

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