Scrubs Blackface Episodes Scrubbed From Hulu

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On the tail of Tina Fey casting off several 30 Rock episodes from streaming companies and products and TV reruns as a end result of they featured characters in blackface, Hulu has made up our minds to adhere to the identical note with Scrubs. Range stories that three of the sitcom’s episodes — “My Fifteen Seconds” (season three, episode seven), “My Jiggly Ball” (season five, episode four), and “My Chopped Liver” (season five, episode 17) — beget been removed from the carrier as of June 24, a resolution that showrunner Invoice Lawrence voiced his give a enhance to for. One of these episodes ideas Zach Braff’s personality dressed up in blackface for a dressing up celebration, while one other exhibits Sarah Chalke’s personality in blackface for a “yarn sequence.” In addition to Hulu, Netflix will most certainly be reassessing its streaming catalogue and casting off particular exhibits for utilizing blackface. In vogue British sketch exhibits Petite Britain, The League of Gentlemen, The Mighty Boosh, and Advance Waft With Me beget been removed in their entirety, as has one segment from Netflix’s fresh sketch series W/ Bob & David.