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    Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:39 AM

    Harry Connick Jr. Blows Up at Blackface Michael Jackson Impersonator

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    Asked to appear on the Australian variety hour Hey Hey It's Saturday as a guest judge, Harry Connick Jr. sputters in disbelief when a Jackson 5 impersonation group entirely in blackface appears onstage. He first gives the group a 0 scorecard for the performance while the audience boos; later, at about 4:40 into the clip, Connick launches into an impassioned race-relations lecture explaining why blackface is a bad thing. "If I knew that was going to be a part of the show, I definitely wouldn't have done it," Connick declares on live TV.  The host appears genuinely surprised.

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    Posted By: Offended by this pretender (December 8, 2009 at 4:48 AM)

    I would like to make three points. The singer was a black man with white makeup pretending to be Michael Jackson the others were various nationalities with black makeup. They were not professional comedians and it was funny.

    Second, Harry Connick is being a hypocrite because he put black makeup on to play a black preacher.

    Third. I would like to see him lecture Oprah in the same ill considered way as she appeared on the TV show 30 Rock and was

    involved in a skit that did exactly the same. Dressed whites as blacks and blacks as whites to get a laugh.

    Australia does not have the same history of slavery the USA does and do not understand the embarrassment the whites feel or the need to over compensate for it as Harry Connick Jnr did. However they did see it for what it appeared to be. A mediocre

    performance from Harry Connick Jnr. Shame on Harry, i'm sure Oprah would not be involved in anything she thought was inappropriate regarding a race matter so what makes him feel he can chastise others in their own country. This is the signs of a pretender.

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    Posted By: bobbi_ko (October 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM)

    SteadyEddie may not have articulated his point very well, but I do accept the point he is making.  Hey Hey Its Saturday used the blackface skit because the September 11th Dancers weren't available.

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    Posted By: soook (October 12, 2009 at 2:38 AM)

    This is funny, real funny."  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpo_MREQ-sg&feature=related  ",but not racist  (maybe to some)

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