They host the popular comedy show “Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!” - “Downtown’s This Ain’t a Kid’s Errand” - that many Japanese watched to ring in the New Year.Ī Twitter user shared a clip from the show, calling the depiction “unacceptable and racist.” Hamada is half of the comedy duo Downtown. 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 Murphy’s character from the 1984 movie “Beverly Hills Cop.” A Japanese comedian is facing criticism for performing in blackface in a widely viewed television show, a move that has outraged many and highlighted the regular appearance of performers in similar makeup on mainstream media outlets in Japan.
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