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Four Chris Lilley shows removed from Netflix Australia library

Four of Chris Lilley’s most famous shows have been quietly removed from Australian and New Zealand Netflix after a widespread debate over streaming platforms hosting work featuring blackface.

Summer Heights High, Angry Boys, We Can be Heroes, and Jonah from Tonga have disappeared from the platform.

Each series depicted Lilley in black- or brownface playing at least one character, including Tongan schoolboy Jonah Takalua and African American rapper S.mouse.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/11/four-chris-lilley-shows-removed-from-netflix-australia-library

Chris Lilley as Jonah from Tonga in Summer Heights High

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