really fucked up because they didn't do that for the original show version of the sketch (although flying circus itself had plenty of blackface :agony-mescaline: :negative: )
To be fair in the original Im pretty sure there is a Chinese guy playing mao, but he doesn't say anything. Doesn't excuse all the other time Graham Chapman played a Chinese guy and in the Michael Palin Bike Holiday episode and I had no idea why he was talking weird as a kid. Then again this skit didn't make any since when I was a kid
"how should we portray Mao? We're all white guys" "idk get on stage and just close your eyes I'm sure that'll be fine"
"If we go insanely enough over the top, it comes back around to being self aware and not racist again"
Said the man about to do something very racist
"i'll do a chinese accent too, i can redeem this"
really fucked up because they didn't do that for the original show version of the sketch (although flying circus itself had plenty of blackface :agony-mescaline: :negative: )
In retrospect, casting Justin Trudeau was a mistake.
To be fair in the original Im pretty sure there is a Chinese guy playing mao, but he doesn't say anything. Doesn't excuse all the other time Graham Chapman played a Chinese guy and in the Michael Palin Bike Holiday episode and I had no idea why he was talking weird as a kid. Then again this skit didn't make any since when I was a kid