‘The Office’ And ‘Community’ Are The Latest Series To Address Blackface Episodes

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Beyond Good And Evil 2 is still only in the pre-production stage at Ubisoft.This comes from a recent Bloomberg report that had spoken to developers on the title. In video games pre-production often refers to the planning phase, where certain concepts and ideas are being fine-tuned and outlined, although no such specifics are given in the Bloomberg article.Beyond Good And Evil 2 was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 2017 presentation five years ago, and it was said that the game would have multiple planets to explore and use a procedural generation tool in its design.It was also announced at E3 2018 that HitRecord – founded by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt – would be crowdsourcing fan work to put into the game.

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The Office creator Greg Daniels has announced Rainn Wilson’s blackface scene in the hit U.S. comedy has been edited out.The Dwight Christmas episode, which aired in 2012, no longer contains a scene featuring Rainn Wilson in character as Dwight trying to convince his colleagues to celebrate Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas while in blackface.

The Office and Community are among the latest shows to re-evaluate their content and alter episodes over the use of blackface.Since the murder of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 and the global protests that followed, the entertainment industry has begun to remove scenes and episodes due to problematic content.In the case of The Office, a scene has been removed from season nine episode ‘Dwight Christmas’, which sees Dwight Schrute (played by Rainn Wilson) sharing the German folk tale of Belsnickel.

An episode of the US version of The Office has been edited to remove a depiction of a character in blackface.

The Office creator Greg Daniels has announced a blackface scene in the hit U.S. comedy has been edited out.

One scene from “The Office” sees character Nate Nickerson, played by actor Mark Proksch, using blackface and has now been edited out. The 2012 episode titled “Dwight Christmas” was referenced in a memo issued by the show’s creator Greg Daniels who wrote that the scene was intended to “expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion," Variety reported on Friday.

The news reports from Variety state that the makers of the popular show, The Office have edited a scene where a character is seen with a blackface. The creator of the highly appreciated show, The Office, Greg Daniels has reportedly issued an official statement about the episode Dwight Christmas, where a character is seen with a blackface.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Office creator Greg Daniels has cut a blackface scene from a 2012 episode, calling the racist trope “unacceptable” even when used as satire.In a statement today, Daniels said, “The Office is about a group of people trying to work together with mutual respect despite the inappropriate actions of their boss and assistant manager. The show employed satire to expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion.

Will Thorne Staff WriterA scene from “The Office” in which a character appears in blackface has been edited out, Variety has confirmed.The show’s creator Greg Daniels issued the following statement regarding the scene from the 2012 episode “Dwight Christmas.”“‘The Office’ is about a group of people trying to work together with mutual respect despite the inappropriate actions of their boss and assistant manager,” said Daniels. “The show employed satire to expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion.