i recently decided to revisit little britain (previously, i only saw bits and pieces) and to my dismay this is some of what i found:
meet "black bubbles"
over 1 million views on bbc's youtube channel
these are the two white men behind the "women" and "blackface"
yes, these are old skits/images, but not from the "jim crow" era in the southern united states, but these are only a few years old from the uk. this shit is perplexing and absolutely fucked up!! why is this seemingly acceptable in the uk? i wonder what the conversation between hbo, matt lucas, and david walliams was like regarding their black and brown face skits before they created "little britain usa."
addendum:
i've since thought of other "characters/caricatures" that i meant to blog about sometime ago:
kayvan novak, the brown man behind "augustine kwmbe"
noell fielding, the white man behind "figo the fruit fly"
again, a bunch of british folks, mostly white men and at least one brown man, but not of african descent, portraying, mimicking, mocking people of african descent, in particular women...why/how is that funny?
check out my previous post on the subject:
