Netflix Axes Chris Lilley's 'Jonah From Tonga' And Other Comedy Shows Featuring Blackface

Netflix has yanked four of Chris Lilley s shows from its library including Summer Heights High, Jonah From Tonga and Angry Boys amid blackface backlash.

The shows see Lilley in dark make-up playing characters including Tongan schoolboy Jonah, Black rapper S.mouse and Asian characters.

His most recent comedy series, the Netflix original Lunatics, is still available to stream, despite controversy over one of the characters, Jana Melhoopen-Jonks .

Lilley has been accused of using blackface for the role but a producer for the show has insisted that the character is not a woman of colour .

Rapper Briggs has been calling Lilley out on his use of blackface for years and now wants Netflix to find more First Nations content.

What @NetflixANZ can do is fund more Indigenous content & creators and put it front and center. Enough with reactionary responses. Removing content doesnt empower the next gen, make something that does. Put your money up.

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What @NetflixANZ can do is fund more Indigenous content & creators and put it front and center. Enough with reactionary responses. Removing content doesnt empower the next gen, make something that does. Put your money up.
Senator Briggs (@Briggs) June 11, 2020

Chris Lilley the goose; real quiet right now.

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Chris Lilley the goose; real quiet right now.
Senator Briggs (@Briggs) June 2, 2020

Last week, the streaming service took down Little Britain and Come Fly With Me , with the UKs BBC iPlayer and BritBox following suit in recent days.

Its now been revealed that Netflix has removed a number of other shows from its catalogue worldwide. The Mighty Boosh has been pulled as the Spirit of Jazz character was a white actor wearing blackface.

The League Of Gentlemen in which Reece Shearsmith uses blackface make-up to play the character Papa Lazarou has been pulled in the UK, a week before its intended expiry date of June 19 .