Blackface performances by white people on a popular Polish TV talent show have caused uproar on social media.
On Sept. 9, Polish star Kuba Szmajkowski won episode two of the current season of “Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo,” the Polish version of “Your Face Sounds Familiar,” for performing Lamar’s track “Humble” from Grammy-winning album “Damn” (2017) in Blackface. During his performance he also used the N-word. On the same episode, actor Pola Gonciarz darkened her skin and performed Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy.”
The two Blackface performances have stirred outrage on social media. One of the comments on Szmajkowski’s performance was: “Oh no Kuba, this isn’t okay. Producers of this show, what were you thinking? Kuba is an amazing talent who could have had a massive career internationally. But now this performance is out there.”
The Polish version of “Your Face Sounds Familiar” is produced by Banijay’s Endemol Shine.
On Sept. 9, Polish star Kuba Szmajkowski won episode two of the current season of “Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo,” the Polish version of “Your Face Sounds Familiar,” for performing Lamar’s track “Humble” from Grammy-winning album “Damn” (2017) in Blackface. During his performance he also used the N-word. On the same episode, actor Pola Gonciarz darkened her skin and performed Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy.”
The two Blackface performances have stirred outrage on social media. One of the comments on Szmajkowski’s performance was: “Oh no Kuba, this isn’t okay. Producers of this show, what were you thinking? Kuba is an amazing talent who could have had a massive career internationally. But now this performance is out there.”
The Polish version of “Your Face Sounds Familiar” is produced by Banijay’s Endemol Shine.
- 9/12/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Every movie we shared in the month of October was in the horror genre, but now that Halloween season has passed we’re drifting into another genre with today’s Free Movie of the Day. Today’s selection is the Polish action movie Diablo: The Ultimate Race, and you can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Directed by Daniel Markowicz and Michal Otlowski, who also crafted the screenplay with Michal Kasprzyk, Diablo: The Ultimate Race has the following synopsis: A young man with a passion for fast cars tries to earn money for his sister’s medical care by participating in underground car races.
Directed by Daniel Markowicz and Michal Otlowski, who also crafted the screenplay with Michal Kasprzyk, Diablo: The Ultimate Race has the following synopsis: A young man with a passion for fast cars tries to earn money for his sister’s medical care by participating in underground car races.
- 1/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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