Another Ted Danson Blackface Photo
posted on Feb 12, 2008 | Comments (6)
Entertainment Weekly – The Biggest Celeb Scandals Since 1985: Ted Danson Performs in Blackface
I’ve been scouring the internet for several years trying to find another photo of Ted Danson in blackface. I finally found one today!
The quality is much better than our previous photo:
Of course, I just updated our Ted Danson Hall of Lame entry.
posted by Rob on Feb 12, 2008 |
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Tags: blackface, Ted Danson, Whoopi Goldberg
Yes I say Yes! By the way, why are you scouring so much for Ted Danson?
Because I knew there had to be a better picture out there somewhere. I can finally stop looking now.
I shall never forget what I consider the greatest headline I have ever encountered- “TED DANSON GOES NUTS” with photos of him in blackface beside his then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. So much in that article from the Enquirer seemed so inexplicable, I have never managed to get it out of my mind. Leading me to wander the earth until I came across your site. Which still explains nothing. I continue my quest for resolution in this matter.
He looks so natual.
[...] This absolutely goes for inter-cultural relations as well . . . although one is obviously treading on dangerous ground and any effort to satirize requires the satirist to be willing to engage his or her audience and to tolerate the fact that (a) people won’t necessarily get it and (b) even if they do it might still offend them. Likewise, there is a danger of falling into the trap of “making fun of racist jokes” becoming just an excuse to tell racist jokes. There is no right answer and for every brilliant critique that forces people to re-examine their own hidden biases there is going to be an episode in which Ted Danson wears blackface. [...]
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