Surprised no-oneās brought up Summer Heights High/Angry Boys. Chris Lilley loved himself a bit of blackface.
I donāt know enough to even start with the Jonah character, although given that the comedy seems to stem from a very specific racial stereotype which doesnāt exist in the UK it seems pretty cut-and-dry that he should have left that one alone entirely. S.Mouse didnāt even need to be black. In fact, you could make a compelling argument that heād have been funnier as a deluded white boy. I remember finding that choice pretty shocking at the time, given it was only about 10 years ago.
Guess they were nowhere near as high-profile but as with Chris Morris, they seem to get more of a pass on the basis of edginess/assumed political allegiances.
Where do we stand on Sacha Baron Cohen? Ali G obviously didnāt involve blackface (and aaaaarguably was doing what I just suggested Chris Lilley should have done with S.Mouse) but āIs it because I is blackā is quite the catchphrase for a posh Jewish comedian (obviously SBC isnāt āwhiteā, which probably goes some way to explaining why he gets left out of these conversations)
On the other hand, I think itās clear that youād be hard pushed to defend Borat or Bruno if they were released today. But again, āMy wifeā and SBCās outspoken liberal views seem to buy him a pass that other comedians definitely donāt get.
