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Here We Go Again… More Blackface on Chinese Television

by Eric Olander
Scene from the Hong Kong drama series Come Home Love: Lo and Behold broadcast by TVB that featured actors wearing blackface. Image via TVB.

The Hong Kong-based television network TVB is facing criticism following this week’s broadcast of its popular drama series Come Home Love: Lo and Behold, which featured actors wearing blackface.

The offending scene had a number of young Hong Kong actors wearing dark full-face makeup and dancing while carrying a coffin in an apparent attempt to emulate Ghanaian Dancing Pallbearers.

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