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Sarah Silverman: I was fired from film after blackface photo resurfaced The comedian says she was let go from a movie project after producers became aware of a 2007 comedy sketch in which she wore blackface I get that, for her, it’s frustrating to lose out on an opportunity because of something she feels she has grown beyond, especially because she sees people like Jimmy Kimmel, Robert Downey Jr., and Ted Danson, who have also done blackface, not “suffering” because of it, but that’s not why we grow—not to be rewarded for it. I don't get joy in that anymore. “I’ve always said that if I look back on my old stuff and don’t cringe, there’s something wrong,” she said. With a career as long as she’s had, there are going to be jokes and sketches from her past that will always come up, and one of them is the blackface sketch from an episode of The Sarah Silverman Program. The episode, which was intended to examine racism from the point of view of Silverman's eponymous character, features the comedian saying: "I look like the beautiful Queen Latifah," and telling the congregation at an African-American church: "I'm black today. The blackface segment had occurred in Season 2 Episode 3 of the aforementioned program during an episode in which Silverman paints her face to see which is harder, being black or Jewish. This is one time that someone was uncomfortable because of it and said, Hey, no. “That’s America today,” she says. She was literally just in Ralph Breaks the Internet last year and is working on other projects. "On my show, the Sarah Silverman Program, which I love, there's so much problematic from that show. “It’s really scary,” Silverman said of the cancel trend. Want more stories like this? —The Mary Sue has a strict comment policy that forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults toward anyone, hate speech, and trolling.—, Have a tip we should know? Because the use of blackface in comedy is larger than Sarah Silverman, it’s also about the way in which fans of comedy, especially white people and the Black friends who cosign their behavior, want to tell us that we are being racist by assuming ill intent from people who use it. Let me start out by saying that, yes, Sarah Silverman has repeatedly made apologies for the blackface sketch. Even ‘Seinfeld’ cast thinks Trump’s awkward dance moves are worse than Elaine’s. Sarah Silverman latest in Hollywood to have past social media commentary resurface. Get Carolina A. Miranda's weekly newsletter for what's happening, plus openings, critics' picks and more. "It's like, if you're not on board, if you say the wrong thing, if you had a tweet once ... everyone is, like, throwing the first stone," she said, dubbing the trend "righteousness porn.". A look at California’s November ballot propositions. “I recently was going to do a movie, a sweet part, then at 11pm the night before they fired me because they saw a picture of me in blackface from that episode,” Silverman said. Email us. The Times endorses one incumbent and three newcomers for the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. Last year, in an interview with GQ, Silverman said she no longer stands by the episode. … Everyone is throwing the first stone. With COVID-19 stimulus stalled, L.A. clubs face doomsday scenario: ‘We’re in the deep end, drowning’. (CNN)Comedian Sarah Silverman has said she was once fired from a movie after producers found a sketch from 2007 in which she wore blackface make-up. tips@themarysue.com. 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