Roger Blackface Mad Men

One of the greatest tv shows of all time will soon be free to stream on imdb tv starting july 15.
Roger blackface mad men. Roger using blackface to sing my old kentucky home is a source of comedic effect for the crowd which is of course filled with privileged white characters. Amc mad men season 3 s third episode my old kentucky home features white character roger sterling john slattery wearing blackface while he serenades jane sterling peyton list with the song. Moreover roger claimed to wear shoe polish at home which was a scream according to his wife. But before mad men gets there producer lionsgate has addressed its decision to keep an episode.
The third episode of the third season of mad men sees roger sterling john slattery wear blackface while serenading jane peyton list with a rendition of my old kentucky home at a. The episode in season three my old kentucky home features john slattery s character singing in blackface at a kentucky derby party. In it roger sterling john slattery is wearing blackface on stage as he sings my old kentucky home at his derby party. The third episode of the third season of mad men sees roger sterling john slattery wear blackface while serenading jane peyton list with a rendition of my old kentucky home at a country.
Obviously mad men makes comments on race that coincide with the rise of the civil rights movement in the 60s through the lens of privileged white characters. Mad men will add a warning to its roger sterling blackface. In an episode that featured roger sterling in blackface last night s installment of mad men felt like the show s writers were aggressively responding to blogosphere criticism that they ve been.