Thread by @timetosaysorry

GALLERY: YOUR FAVE COMEDY ACTORS IN BLACKFACE
From Noel Fielding @noelfielding11 to David Mitchell @RealDMitchell many comic actors perform blackface to get laughs. Lets take a look at them hiding behind the 'post-racial/edgy' label... #BlackLivesMatterUK #littlebritain

David Mitchell @RealDMitchell and Robert Webb @arobertwebb kick things off. Super edgy, post-racial, stuff. Getting laughs from performing blackface once was not enough for the lads however...
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Peep Show David Mitchell @RealDMitchell and @arobertwebb decided to black up in case we missed the first time. Blackface is performed with the consent of TV critics, publications and broadcasters. Next we have #GBBO fave Noel Fielding @noelfielding11...
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Mighty Boosh, Noel Fielding @noelfielding11 and Julian Barratt @julian_barratt enjoyed blacking up, with offensive accents for good measure. How kooky. And @BritishBakeOff might want to reconsider hiring presenters who enjoy doing blackface as the next guy...
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also joined in. Matt Lucas @RealMattLucas and David Walliams @davidwalliams have done blackface across different shows. Lucas apologised though no word yet from Walliams. Next up we have...
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David Baddiel @Baddiel blackedup as ex footballer Jason Lee and wore a DAMN PINEAPPLE on his head. No apology from Baddiel or @FrankOnTheRadio but it is not like Lees family had to stop going to games because "there would be racial stuff...abuse"..oh wait..
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This is getting tiring, not gonna lie. Still got a fair few to work through. Ok up next we have...
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League of Gentlemen @ReeceShearsmith and @SP1nightonly used blackface for the character Papa Lazarou, apparently a clown but I've been to the bloody circus before. This image was used to attack black MP @DavidLammy so doubt many people thought it was a clown
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If you cannot see the similarities between @ReeceShearsmith Papa Lazarou, Noel Fielding @noelfielding11 Spirit of Jazz and the Baron Samedi images from Haiti I cannot help you. Next we have...
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@antanddec Ant and Dec have used blackface twice, as well as browning up and portraying asian girls. I don't even know what to say here to be honest. If writers rooms had more representation, this stuff would not happen. Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle next...

This is Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle browning himself up and putting on an accent to play a colombian tv presenter. It is not even a question of content but the incessant need to colour your skin to make a joke. Then we have...
#BlackLivesMattters

Chris Morris, of Brass Eye fame, also blacking up. Along with Harry Enfield @harry_enfield Finally...
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Sarah Silverman apologised for her blackface but her motivation was probably the same as all of the men above: 'I know this is wrong, so I can say it. I'm clearly liberal. That was such liberal-bubble stuff, where...
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I actually thought it was dealing with racism by using racism'. Or maybe that is giving these guys too much credit. None of these instances were used to make any sort of statement or to hold up a mirror to society or whatever crap people usually say...
#BlackLivesMattters

BUT IT IS JUST A JOKE! Yes I know it is a joke. But if black people, if minorities, are not laughing, then maybe you should reevaluate that joke or just be honest and explicitly say THESE JOKES ARE FOR WHITE PEOPLE. At least then we are clear. Question is...
#BlackLivesMattters

Will you apologise for performing in blackface/browning yourselves up?
@RealDMitchell @arobertwebb @davidwalliams @noelfielding11 @julian_barratt @ReeceShearsmith @SP1nightonly @antanddec @FrankOnTheRadio @Baddiel @frankieboyle

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