A Hong Kong TV series has sparked controversy over the use of 'brownface' after one of its actors darkened her skin with makeup to play a Filipina domestic worker.
that the actor had delivered a"great performance," adding that"she is actually a beautiful woman."
On Wednesday, the actor, who was raised in both Canada and Hong Kong, shared a promotional image from the show to Instagram. The post has since attracted over 1,700 comments, many of which criticize her performance and"brownface" as being culturally insensitive. "How are some people so blind to blatant racism lmao," read one of the most"liked" responses."Really disappointing.""You do not deserve to play a role of a person who goes through so much to support their family overseas," read another."It's a hard job which you portrayed as a joke."In a statement to CNN, TVB defended the storyline as"purely fictitious" and"simply a dramatic story plot based on creativity.
"Through professional performing techniques and sophisticated handling of role-playing, the character Louisa was successfully portrayed," the statement added."TVB has always strived to provide top-notch entertainment experience for our viewers and we wish to emphasize that it was never our intention to show disrespect or to discriminate any nationality in any of our programme. We would like to express our concern to anyone who might be affected in this matter.
The broadcaster did not respond to CNN's request for comment about whether attempts had been made to cast a Filipina actor for the role. The episode has been removed from TVB's online platform following the backlash, but TVB said it would be made available"after further content amendment," without specifying further details.
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