N-word incident at the Baftas overshadows leaps forward for diversity
In not editing out Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s shouted tics, Bafta have shot themselves in the footBacklash mounts to Bafta N-word controversy as Jamie Foxx and Wendell Pierce criticise...
By Catherine Shoard · The Guardian Culture
In not editing out Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s shouted tics, Bafta have shot themselves in the foot Backlash mounts to Bafta N-word controversy as Jamie Foxx and Wendell Pierce criticise outburst Bafta’s error was big on Sunday night - but it was in the editing, or the lack of. No one could have stopped John Davidson - who has Tourette syndrome - yelling out the N-word while two black actors, Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo, were presenting a prize. But given that they did use the two-hour time delay to judiciously remove Akinola Davies Jr’s shout of “Free Palestine!” and Alan Cumming’s comparison of the themes of Zootropolis 2 (“Lies, corrupt leaders, poisoning and persecution of a race”) to contemporary America, it seems a perverse decision not to remove an appalling slur, yelled involuntarily, from the TV broadcast. Continue reading...