The Polish version of the format "Your Face Sounds Familiar" (claimed as originating in Spain in 2011, although it sure as hell sounds like the UK's "Stars in Their Eyes," which goes back further and is owned by the company owning this show, the French format factory Banijay) recently featured a white man impersonating rapper Kendrick Lamar in blackface and cornrows and repeating a "nigga" from the lyrics of Lamar's "Humble" (the video's in the link) AND a white woman impersonating Beyonce in blackface--controversy ensued and Banijay's home office in Paris said they would conduct an investigation:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/12/polish-tv-talent-show-contestants-use-blackface-for-kendrick-lamar-beyonce-performances HOWEVER, this is not the first time--in 2021 a contestant won with a blackface impersonation of Kanye West and there have been other instances of blackface in the Polish version's history (perhaps before Banijay bought the original format owner Endemol Shine) and the Czech version out-and-out banned blackface in the same year. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/27c5e7bf-ea3e-4222-a2ae-3cc3ea565397n%40googlegroups.com.
