Connick displeased by Michael Jackson spoof

Harry Connick, Jr., was appearing as a celebrity judge on an Australian TV variety show when the controversial skit of a Michael Jackson impersonator with blackface back up singers appeared. The act was gonged by another judge, but Connick expressed his dismay publicly and then later to the media.

Connick remarked,” I just want to say, on behalf of my country, I know it was done humorously, but we’ve spent so much time trying to not make black people look like buffoons, that when we see something like that we take it really to heart.”

Feedback to the performance was mixed between outrage and “what’s the big deal?”  But Connick stood by his reaction and comments, noting he did the right thing.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 2:20 pm by michelle

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