Netflix removes episode of W/ Bob & David featuring Blackface sketch

Just days after removing episodes of BBC shows featuring depictions of Blackface, Netflix has also yanked an episode of W/ Bob & David that included a sketch in which David Cross dons Blackface. The sketch in question is featured in the third episode of the unofficial Mr. Show followup, co-created by and starring Cross and Bob Odenkirk and released in 2015. In the sketch, titled “Know Your Rights,” Cross plays a man named Gilvin Daughtry who tries to provoke a police officer, played by Keegan Michael-Key, in an effort to capture the officer harassing him on film. When his repeated attempts fail, Gilvin returns to the scene in Blackface, whereupon a fellow officer (Jay Johnston) sprays Gilvin with mace, pulls him out of his vehicle, and uses a taser on him.
Cross and Odenkirk took to Twitter to respond to Netflix’s decision; neither offered an apology for the sketch: