The BBC’s streaming service iPlayer has started adding new warnings to certain shows that people may find offensive following the controversy over blackface performances in comedy. Archive co…
Little Britainfrom their libraries after the British comedies featured blackface sketches. Creators David Walliams and Matt Lucas later apologized for the sketches.
And it’s not just shows featuring blackface comedy that iPlayer is labeling. Similar warnings also feature on classics including, which carries the message: “This film is set in the 1980s and reflects the language and social attitudes of its time.” The BBC pointed out that it is not unusual for iPlayer content to carry warnings, but these latest messages reflect the fact that streamers are having to be cognisant of fast-changing social attitudes to old television shows and films. In the U.S., HBO Max removed and then restoredand keep your inbox happy.
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