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TV's "now problematic" episodes have always been problematic
There's a natural tendency to blame "cancel culture" when TV shows and movies we like become "problematic now," says Jeva...
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Posted Tuesday 6/30/20 at 11:36PM EDT
Nearly 20 shows have used blackface since 2000
Slate has compiled all the instances of blackface on American television in the past 20 years -- not just on...
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Posted Tuesday 6/30/20 at 11:36PM EDT
Why some TV green screen shots look so terrible
"Big budget television shows get green screen wrong, all the time," says YouTuber Tom Scott in a video titled "Why...
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Removing blackface episodes doesn't confront racism, says a scholar on racial caricature
"Every year, when I teach undergraduates about minstrelsy and blackface, I look around for a recent example -- and I...
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Posted Saturday 6/27/20 at 9:46PM EDT
Megyn Kelly says "Turns out NBC loves blackface!" after Hulu pulls Community's blackface episode
On Thursday, Kelly, who was ousted following her Megyn Kelly Today blackface controversy, slammed her former network in response to...
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Posted Thursday 6/25/20 at 1:42PM EDT
Megyn Kelly slams NBC as 30 Rock, SNL and Scrubs deal with blackface controversies
When Tina Fey pulled four blackface episodes of 30 Rock on Tuesday, Kelly tweeted sarcastically: "Wait - what network aired...
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Pulling 30 Rock's blackface episodes is a bad idea: "NBC is muddying the historical record"
NBC yanking four episodes of 30 Rock featuring blackface amounts to "cleaning up the record of two influential creators who...
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Posted Thursday 6/25/20 at 3:59AM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel's blackface apology was pretty weak: He was defensive after waiting to be called out
When Jimmy Fallon apologized a month ago for using blackface on SNL, he made it clear that "there is no...
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Posted Wednesday 6/24/20 at 4:39PM EDT
Hulu removes three Scrubs episodes featuring blackface at creator Bill Lawrence's request
The Season 3 episode “My Fifteen Seconds” and the Season 5 episodes “My Jiggly Ball” and “My Chopped Liver" have...
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Posted Wednesday 6/24/20 at 2:35PM EDT
My Name is Earl was more popular than The Office, Parks and Rec and 30 Rock -- so why has it been forgotten?
"Since its debut in the spring of 2005, The Office has become the defining sitcom of the 21st century.
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Tina Fey has a problematic history with race that goes beyond 30 Rock's blackface
When Fey apologized and pulled four 30 Rock episodes on Monday over their use of blackface, some pointed out that...
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Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 10:37AM EDT
Tina Fey may have predicted her 30 Rock blackface episodes being seen as racist 10 years ago
Fey said in her speech while accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010: "And yet I hope...
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30 Rock episodes featuring blackface are being pulled at Tina Fey's request
NBC Universal, 30 Rock creator Tina Fey and her producing partner Robert Carlock have requested four episodes featuring blackface be...
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30 Rock is returning to NBC next month for a remote special promoting NBC Universal
The July 16 hourlong commercial-free 30 Rock reunion special will double as an upfront event for NBC Universal properties, and...
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Introducing the Curated Binge: Nine Creative Playlists to Get You Started
With so many of us homebound with little else to do, TV-watching has spiked over the last month, with many...
