An episode of the US version of The Office has been edited to remove a depiction of a character in blackface. The show’s creator, Greg Daniels, made the change to the Christmas episode from the ninth series, entitled Dwight Christmas.
The episode from 2012 features a brief scene of a character in blackface as part of Dwight’s (Rainn Wilson) efforts to get the Dunder Mifflin staff to celebrate a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas.
It comes after a string of shows have removed scenes or whole episodes featuring the use of blackface, including 30 Rock and Scrubs, while Little Britain was dropped from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and BritBox.
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