Hey Hey It's Saturday Blackface
The same act that was done 20 years ago has suddenly become offensive because an american celebrity was judging the actit was just harmless fun blown out of. Lets unpack this entire mess thats been going down with the cast of Hey Hey Its SaturdayTo put it simply the show has a rather problematic history with racism from the blackface skit. Hey Hey Red Faced Over Blackface Skit Abc News Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers who later also became executive producer of the program. Hey hey it's saturday blackface . During its run Hey Hey Its Saturday had its fair share of controversy. Part of Scarlets apology has been based around both being an idiot and not knowing better. In early October 2009 a blackface parody of the Jackson Five performed on the Hey Hey Its Saturday reunion reached not only an audience of over 25 million people in Australia but also millions of people around the world after guest judge Harry Connick Jr accused the skit and the show of racism. ...