http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/23/tina-fey-apologizes-convinces-streaming-services-to-memory-hole-blackface-episodes-of-30-rock/
As Twitchy reported earlier Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel released a statement pseudo-apologizing for using blackface and the N-word in his comedy bits in the past, although he certainly pointed the finger at those who made an issue of his youthful mistakes: "I won't be bullied into silence by those who feign outrage to advance their oppressive and genuinely racist agendas."
He's actually sort of right about the feigning of outrage: Conservatives aren't into cancel culture, but they know a double-standard when they see it and wanted to know if his network would play by the same rules they did when they threw Roseanne Barr under the bus for a tweet.
Now Tiny Fey is apologizing for four episodes of "30 Rock" which featured blackface, and streaming services Hulu and Amazon have pulled the episodes.
ET Canada reports:
"As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in race-changing makeup are best taken out of circulation," Fey wrote in a letter obtained by Vulture. "I understand now that 'intent' is not a free pass for white people to use these images. I apologize for pain they have caused. Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness. I thank NBCUniversal for honouring this request."
Wait ... intent is not a free pass? Funny how Fey would mention "free passes" seeing as Kimmel will suffer exactly zero consequences.
Yeah, "free pass" is exactly what she is fishing for, don'tcha know.
MURAT ~ What does that even mean?
Were there no POC {People of Color} involved in any decision making during the production of said episodes, much less within the decade in which they have been aired?
Did Tina Fey work in a jar only with "white people"?
And ... How come INTENT is a NOTHING?!?
Always Right ~ A free pass for white people?
Speak for YOURSELF. White people didn't do it. She did it.
monique desjardin ~ You have to be a literal drooling imbecile to believe these people really mean any of this.
zzshart slavishly BELIEVES her ... but, I digress.
RadioFreeCanuck ~ Is she really pulling a Trudeau right now?
White people in general don't go around doing blackface. We know it's stupid, racist, and disrespectful.
Rich white liberals with a sense of entitlement do.
This is not a collective responsibility issue.
Cith ~ Isn't it funny how all these elite Hollywood folks have called you a racist for the past few years when in reality they are the racists?
Christine North ~ Yeah she gets away with saying I'm sorry after burning others at the stake on SNL for years. No way. She's counting on her liberal privilege.
Ooooh ... now these Hollyweird libtards are exhibiting "liberal privilege," as well as "white privilege"!
198x ~ More like "please don't cancel what's left of my career."
@topshelfgame ~ Love it when the mob turns on itself.
We'll have to add Fey's new rules to the liberal rulebook on blackface and the N-word.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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