Sarah Silverman Fired from Unnamed Movie for 2007 Blackface Sketch

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Sarah Silverman Fired From New Movie Over 2007 Blackface Sketch https://t.co/gxB0AczVKs pic.twitter.com/5KQ1LoczOs
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) August 12, 2019
Sarah Silverman was interviewed on The Bill Simmons Podcast and opened up about losing work over the 2007 episode of her Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Project where her character

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[frenchoral]

didn't realize that doing something racist = sticking your neck out?

[amyhatesyou]

ReLaX iTs JuST CoMeDy

[bellwetherr]

true art is RISK TAKING didn't you know

[la_petite_singe]

Er...which post are we going with??

It just made me real, real sad, because I really kind of devoted my life to making it right.

So that means she's sorry for it? Like, I'm all for forgiveness and not obsessively holding onto people's past actions, but that's only when the person's actually regretful.

[marthasback]

did you watch the video? she made that when the blackface photo wasn't even in the news aka drew attention to it because she was sorry, not because she was expected to say something...

[marthasback]

I'm on my way out the door so I can't go back and watch it but basically she said the character on her show was an ignorant white lady in a liberal bubble trying to illuminate racism in a stupid way... and looking back she in real life was doing the same thing her ignorant character was doing... she apologizes, says she wishes she didn't do it, explains why it's bad and promised that she's grown from it... then don cheadle comes out for a bit

[qaladriel]

karma had its kiss

[sandstorm]

^

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[shittysoup]

lmao this video is still sooo iconic

[xpirate_queenx]

Mods...

[screamingintune]

truth, Legolas

[jordoofus]

LOL