Or maybe it's because of the GENIUS OF GERVAIS/MERCHANT and they can do nothing wrong. None of these is completely redundant or completely unfunny. It just seems impossible they'd only have these, because they're all pretty good. There are six of them, and probably there have been more made, but they only included the best ones. Both were done at the request of the show’s creators.Before we get to season 2, I'd like to recap the deleted scenes from season 1. NBCUniversal’s decision to edit this episode of “The Office” comes on the same morning TheWrap exclusively reported Netflix removed an episode of “Community” that featured a character in blackface.Įarlier this week, two other sitcoms, “Scrubs” and “30 Rock,” pulled multiple episodes each that featured characters in blackface.
He shows up later in the episode with the majority of his makeup wiped off.Īlso Read: 'Gone With the Wind,' 'Scrubs' and Other Movies and TV Shows Pulled in #BlackLivesMatter Era (Photos) It then cuts to warehouse worker Nate (played by Mark Proksch) in the office parking lot, preparing to come into the Christmas party dressed as Zwarte Piet, complete with blackface, until he receives that text from Dwight and immediately turns around. Come on, get with the spirit of it, you guys!” before quickly pulling out his phone and sending off a text. We don’t blindly stick to every outmoded aspect of our traditions. No, Dwight, no.”ĭwight responds, “Oh, come on. He tells the office the character’s partner Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, is “a slave boy often portrayed in colorful pantaloons and blackface.” Stanley (Leslie David Baker) tells Dwight in response, “Uh-uh. The scene featuring blackface occurs when Oscar (Oscar Nunez) looks up Belsnickel on Wikipedia. Nicholas-like character in South German folklore. It focuses on Dwight Schrute’s (Rainn Wilson) attempts to get his coworkers at Dunder Mifflin excited about celebrating a traditional Schrute Family Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas in the office, which leads to him dressing up as Belsnickel, a St. Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong. Today we cut a shot of an actor wearing blackface that was used to criticize a specific racist European practice.
“The show employed satire to expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion. “‘The Office’ is about a group of people trying to work together with mutual respect despite the inappropriate actions of their boss and assistant manager,” Daniels said in a statement to TheWrap. The new cut is also replacing the original for syndication airings on Comedy Central and other Viacom-owned channels, and the NBCUniversal-owned Cozi TV.Īlso Read: Netflix Pulls 'Community' Episode 'Advanced Dungeons & Dragons' Due to Blackface Scenes (Exclusive) The old version of Episode 909, titled “Dwight’s Christmas,” has been replaced by the new cut on Netflix - “The Office’s” streaming home until 2021, when the show (and the updated episode) moves over to NBCUniversal’s Peacock - and other platforms where it is available for purchase.
A Season 9 episode of “The Office” has been re-edited by series creator Greg Daniels and NBCUniversal to remove a scene featuring a character in blackface, TheWrap has learned exclusively.