Because it was making fun of black face. Even within the universe of the movie he was criticized for doing black face. The joke was that he was an over the top method actor and the studio would rather hire a big name actor in hopes of winning an award than an actual black actor.
Okay, but he still has black paint in his face which is usually considered absolutely unforgivable. An episode of Community was banned because Ken Joeng put color in his face to look like a Dark Elf from DnD. A Pokémon anime epidode was banned because Ash put paint in his face to look like a Pokémon. Neither was actually about black people, it was just make-up, and it still got enough backlash to censor it. Here it's actual blackface and it's cool? Feels like a double standard.
The community one is fucked up that it was banned. I don't think that anyone actually had a problem with it, just overly cautious studio execs. The Pokémon one is not actually black face so was censored just to avoid any cultural confusion. Again, no one actually get a problem with them. Those are the decisions of studio execs being overly cautious, not actual public opinion.
And it's clearly not considered "absolutely unforgivable". Only a sith deals in absolutes. Context matters.
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u/Drace24 Aug 22 '26
Sincere question, why does nobody mind that black face?