BBC sketch show Famalam has been “backed to the hilt” by comedy boss Shane Allen in the row over a sketch featuring a satirical Jamaican version of Channel 4 quiz program Countdown.
The clip was tweeted by BBC Three last week ahead of the show’s Season 3 premiere on Sunday. It went viral, stoking anger after it appeared to invoke stereotypes about Jamaican people. You can watch the sketch below.
Your first look at #Famalam series three: Jamaican Countdown. pic.twitter.com/5ZITnEQhJ9
— BBC Three (@bbcthree) August 20, 2020
Jamaican foreign minister Kamina Johnson-Smith tweeted that she would be ”writing formally” to the BBC about the matter. She said the parody “is outrageous and offensive to the incredible country which I am proud to represent along with every Jamaican at home and within our diaspora.”
It followed a complaint from the Global Jamaica Diaspora Counsel representative for South UK, Nathaniel L Peat,...
The clip was tweeted by BBC Three last week ahead of the show’s Season 3 premiere on Sunday. It went viral, stoking anger after it appeared to invoke stereotypes about Jamaican people. You can watch the sketch below.
Your first look at #Famalam series three: Jamaican Countdown. pic.twitter.com/5ZITnEQhJ9
— BBC Three (@bbcthree) August 20, 2020
Jamaican foreign minister Kamina Johnson-Smith tweeted that she would be ”writing formally” to the BBC about the matter. She said the parody “is outrageous and offensive to the incredible country which I am proud to represent along with every Jamaican at home and within our diaspora.”
It followed a complaint from the Global Jamaica Diaspora Counsel representative for South UK, Nathaniel L Peat,...
- 8/26/2020
- by Tara Conlan
- Deadline Film + TV
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