Rogers Park bar Touché said it regrets a puppet performance, portions of which some witnesses described as racist and homophobic.
"I couldn't really believe that I was seeing that caliber of what I was seeing, literal almost blackface going on in front me," Bleaux said.
White puppeteer Jerry Halliday performed with several puppets, including a Black one named Sista Girl. Halliday spoke in a stereotypical black accent.Some patrons offended by the routine decided to walk out of the LGBTQ bar. Miguel Torres left after five minutes. "I couldn't understand what was happening and I just needed to get out of there immediately," Torres said."I just took off my work keys, went down to the office, threw them on my boss's desk," Bleaux said.
Halliday defended his performance in a statement to ABC7 saying "my intention is always to make folks laff
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