‘Golden Ladies’ Episode With Blackface Scene Removed From Hulu

Hulu has removed an episode of “The Golden Ladies” containing a scene with characters in blackface.

“Blended Emotions,” episode 23 in season 3 of the sitcom, aired in 1988. In the episode, Michael (Scott Jacoby), the son of Dorothy (Beatrice Creator), plans to wed a mighty older Sunless lady, Lorraine (Rosalind Cash). Dorothy is necessary of their age distinction and Lorraine’s family disapproves of their daughter marrying a white man, so the two families strive to cease the wedding.

Lorraine’s family arrives as Rose (Betty White) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) are making an strive out out a fresh mud face treatment. The 2 greet the family with their masks silent on, saying to them “Here’s mud on our faces, we’re no longer if truth be told Sunless.” A gif of the scene that used to be posted on Reddit would per chance well also moreover be considered right here.

Hulu’s elimination of the episode of “The Golden Ladies” is the most recent in a string of shows that non-public had episodes taken down from their catalogues due to blackface.

On Friday, “The Office” creator Greg Daniels confirmed that a scene from the episode “Dwight Christmas,” in which a personality is in blackface, has been edited out. “30 Rock” creator Tina Fey asked for more than one episodes of the demonstrate to be far from streaming products and companies for having characters in blackface, and both Netflix and Hulu non-public removed the “Evolved Dungeons & Dragons” episode of “Community.” As well, Hulu has removed three episodes of “Scrubs” and Netflix took the entire sequence “Puny Britain” off of their platform for having blackface scenes.

A Hulu spokesperson did no longer directly answer to an bid for comment.