‘The Office’ and ‘Community’ alter episodes over blackface
nme.comThe Office and Community are among the latest shows to re-evaluate their content and alter episodes over the use of blackface.Since the murder of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 and the global protests that followed, the entertainment industry has begun to remove scenes and episodes due to problematic content.In the case of The Office, a scene has been removed from season nine episode ‘Dwight Christmas’, which sees Dwight Schrute (played by Rainn Wilson) sharing the German folk tale of Belsnickel.
Among the characters in the story is Zwarte Piet – or Black Peter – who is said to be “a slave boy often portrayed in colourful pantaloons and blackface”.When Schrute’s co-workers express their negative feelings about.
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