Peep Show scene containing blackface removed from Netflix
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Netflix has removed a scene containing blackface from an episode of Peep Show. The scene, which appears in the season two episode “Dance Class”, first aired in 2004 and sees Jez try to impress love interest Nancy by breaking “sexual taboos”, including wearing blackface. Jez questions the ethics of wearing blackface, saying that it “feels almost wrong” before asking: “Are you sure this isn’t racist?”, leading Nancy to reply: “We’re breaking a taboo, of course, it feels wrong” and later add: “Jeremy, I come from America. I’ve seen the problems race brings up.” The scene has been cut from the Mitchell and Webb sitcom on Netflix, but is yet to be removed from Channel 4’s own catch-up service All4.
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