|
?:reviewBody
|
-
On Feb. 22, 2020, the Southend News Network published an article saying that activists were calling for the removal of actor Dick Van Dyke from the movie Mary Poppins due to Van Dyke's use of blackface: But this item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: This story went viral in June 2020 as the U.S. saw widespread protests against racial injustice and police brutality. As these protests continued, a number of companies issued statements in support of Black Lives Matter, and some started to wrestle with past racist content they may have produced or spread. HBO Max, for instance, briefly pulled Gone With The Wind to add a disclaimer about how the movie portrayed slavery. Netflix also removed content that featured characters done up in blackface. While there were some changes to movies and television shows in June 2020 due to their use of blackface or other racist stereotypes, there have not been any widespread efforts to remove Van Dyke from Mary Poppins. One reason for this may be because Van Dyke's character's face is covered in soot, and this is not -- at least not explicitly -- a racist caricature: While this rumor originated from a satire website, and there have not been a widespread calls to have Van Dyke removed from Mary Poppins, some academics have labeled this scene problematic for being a parody of black menace: For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
(en)
|
![[This page as RDF]](http://data.gesis.org/claimskg/static/rdf-icon.gif){kind=icon}