Australian TV apologizes for “Black Face” routine
I thought this was way over. I remember watching an episode about this in “Gimme a Break” with Nel Carter and the now hunky Joey Lawrence (who actually got sexier after he shaved his head) back in the 80s. It was something that was (and probably still is..) considered very offensive when Joey performed with a “black face” at a school program I believe.
Now here comes another one.
Shown on Australian TV’s variety show, “Hey Hey It’s Saturday”, the actors performed a parodied Jackson Five sketch. Harry Connick Jr. is one of the show’s judge and he was quite vocal with the act. He felt the responsibility to say something.
The Australian TV apologized stating, “It was never intended to offend and we regret any offence the … act caused,” said a spokesman for the network.
