I have a soft spot of cheesy 50s/60s sitcoms, which definitely includes "Bewitched," but I don't know that I'd ever seen THIS episode before; which features the Stevens Family encountering a Christmastime houseguest/potential business-associate of Darrins who turns out to be a racist. It must have been pretty eyebrow-raising to even hear the WORD racist on a sitcom back then, alongside the bonus of one a rare instance of Samantha using her powers to "get" somebody (that was usually more of an Endora or Serena thing) - in this case zapping the bigot so that he sees everyone around him as black... and yes, the effect is accomplished by putting the "regular" white cast in tan makeup:
Yeah. The blackface is HILLARIOUSLY terrible. But Sam's final pre-commercial break zinger? How the HELL did that make it to air on network TV at that time?
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Remember When "Bewitched" Cured Racism With Blackface?
Posted on 01:21 by rajrani
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