Scrubs, a popular medical sitcom from the 2000s, is having some of its episodes removed due to sections with blackface in them.
In a recent episode of Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald, actors Zach Braff and Donald Faison had show creator Bill Lawrence on the podcast to discuss the episode "My Last Day," though the discussion steered toward the use of blackface in later episodes. Braff and Faison faced criticism due to Braff's stated justification of using blackface at the time of the episode's filming, which involved the fact that it was using during "fantasy" segments.
Lawrence later stepped in to address the criticism by stating he would take responsibility for the use of blackface and have episodes containing removed from streaming services. The episodes will theoretically return at some point without the blackface segments in them.
Similar occurrences took place recently when Community and The Office had episodes removed due to the use of blackface in them. Further, films like Gone With The Wind are being removed from streaming services due to scenes involving African-American mistreatment in the past.
There have been other changes and initiatives across industries as well, as some indie developer removed games from Steam in support of Black Lives Matter. Time will tell how other individuals and companies may take action in light of recent movements.
Scrubs is currently available for streaming through Hulu.
Source(s): Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald (via GameSpot)