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| Hulu Pulls 'Golden Girls' Episode That Features Characters in Mud Masks |
| 2020-06-30 |
| [MSN] Hulu has removed an episode of The Golden Girls that contains a blackface reference. Over the weekend, the streaming platform cleared its catalog of the 1988 episode of the beloved sitcom titled "Mixed Blessings." The season 3 episode's storyline follows Dorothy's son Michael introducing his fiancée Lorraine to the main characters. While Dorothy (Bea Arthur) has reservations about the engagement because of the woman's older age, Lorraine's family is resistant to her marrying a white man. The controversial scene in question finds Rose (Betty White) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) in matching brown mud masks when Lorraine's family meets them. Rose references their appearance saying, "This is mud on our faces, we're not really Black." Some criticized Hulu's decision to take down the episode, claiming the choice is an overreaction. "That Golden Girls episode isn’t blackface. What the hell ?" tweeted author Roxanne Gay, adding, "Removing this episode is weird, counterproductive and stupid. It diminishes the effort to actually end racism. It’s just so dumb." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Tried watching a show on Hulu the other night but there were too many technical difficulties with the stream. Never have those problems with Netfix or YouTube. Hulu sux. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-06-30 14:29 |