The League of Gentlemen has been removed from Netflix in light of the show’s use of blackface.The League of Gentlemen, which began in 1999 and was created by Reece Shearsmith alongside Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton, remains on BBC iPlayer for now.Shearsmith, who is white, plays Papa Lazarou in the BBC series.
Earlier this year, the actor told The Independent: “It was not me doing a black man.“It was always this clown-like make-up and we just came up with what we thought was the scariest idea to have in a sort of Child Catcher-like way.”Netflix has also removed four Chris Lilley shows — Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes and Jonah From Tonga — in light of past discussions on characters using blackface, and.
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