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Jan 4, 2018 · One of the most famous performers in Japan, Masatoshi donned blackface to impersonate actor Eddie Murphy during the sketch on a Japanese broadcast, and it's causing rightful backlash on...
- Gabe Bergado
Jan 4, 2018 · In a show that aired on New Year’s Eve, the Japanese comedian Masatoshi Hamada appeared in a Detroit Lions football jacket, a curly wig and dark makeup, an attempt at imitating the actor Eddie...
- Megan Specia
Jan 4, 2018 · The skit was part of Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!'s New Year's Eve special, and showed comedian Masatoshi Hamada wearing blackface and the same clothing as Eddie Murphy's character from the film Beverly Hills Cop.
The New Year's Eve show featured celebrity comic Hamada appearing in a Beverly Hills Cop skit with his face blacked up. Using makeup to lampoon black people - a practice known as blackface - is...
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Jan 3, 2018 · On New Year’s Eve, one member of Japan’s most famous comedy duo donned blackface for nationwide television. Masatoshi Hamada, who is one part of the comedy team Downtown, did blackface...
Jan 5, 2018 · Here's some proof that 2018 is exhausting already: On a Japanese TV show's New Year special, comedian Masatoshi Hamada wore blackface to portray Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop. Suffice to say,...
Jan 4, 2018 · One of Japan's most famous comedy duos aired its variety show on New Year's Eve, and the program saw Masatoshi Hamada don blackface for the nation to see.
