The removal of that content has occurred while classic Looney Tunes characters like Pepe Le Pew and Speedy Gonzales have been cancelled and even re-created due to shifting public attitudes. In the case of 1941's Dumbo, objections were raised to the film's singing crows that paid homage to racist minstrel shows while Peter Pan and Swiss Family Robinson include negative portrayals of Native Americans and foreigners. Disney's rationale behind the removals was that this younger audience might not be of reading age to understand advisories noting "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures" added to certain content. The move meant that children under 7 could no longer watch titles like Dumbo, Peter Pan, Swiss Family Robinson and The AristoCats. Outside of comedic content, Disney+ in October 2020 dropped several of its classics featuring stereotypical character portrayals from their Kids Profile. The episode with the flag-burning scene unedited was added back to syndication in August of 2002. Controversy arose over the scene in which the character of Cosmo Kramer accidentally burns and then stomps on the Puerto Rican flag. The episode finds the Seinfeld gang stuck in a traffic jam during New York City's annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. Likewise, NBC pulled Seinfeld's "The Puerto Rican Day" from syndication despite it being the show's second-highest-rated episode of all time with 38.8 million viewers.
Previously, they were unavailable to stream on services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Comedy Central, iTunes and South Park Studios. Those episodes unavailable include "Super Best Friends" from Season 5, "Cartoon Wars" Part I and II from Season 10, "200" from Season 14 and "201" from Season 14. It was in June of 2020 that HBO Max acquired South Park, except for the five most controversial episodes depicting religious figures, including the Prophet Muhammad. It follows previous comedic content taken out of viewing line-ups including episodes from Comedy Central's South Park and NBC's Seinfeld. The segment, which was the second in the series' first season that originally aired on March 29, 2005, is just the latest example of content censored in an increasingly woke era with corporations and big tech companies now deciding what audiences can and cannot see.Īctor Steve Carell attends Comedy Central Night Of Too Many Stars at Beacon Theatre on Februin New York City. During the seminar, he speaks in an exaggerated Indian accent and reprises Chris Rock's notorious standup routine about different kinds of Black people. It features the impetuous and chronic jester Michael Scott (Steve Carell) forcing his paper company employees to participate in a racial diversity seminar when, in fact, it's his behavior that necessitates the training. Ironically, the politically incorrect episode satirizes contemporary corporate "diversity and inclusion" policies.
That's as viewers familiar with one of America's favorite mockumentaries watching a recent Sunday marathon on Comedy Central noticed that the show's "Diversity Day" episode was omitted from the rotation.
NBC's long-running show The Office is the latest comedy series to join the list of those to become casualties of cancel culture.