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Richard Dreyfuss Criticizes Oscar Diversity Requirements, Defends Blackface in Laurence Olivier’s ‘Othello’

Richard Dreyfuss is blasting the Oscars’ looming new inclusivity requirements — and defending the use of blackface in the process. These benchmarks aren’t particularly difficult to reach — all films ...
Yahoo

'Star Wars' actor Billy Dee Williams says blackface should be allowed, and that he 'loved' one of its most notorious uses

Billy Dee Williams in "Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker," and Laurence Olivier in costume as Othello at the Old Vic.Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd./John Downing/Staff/Daily Express/Mirrorpix via ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Billy Dee Williams Says Actors Should Be Allowed to Wear Blackface

"If you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do," Williams said during a podcast appearance this week. By Zoe G. Phillips Billy Dee Williams said this week he believes actors should be ...
USA Today

Billy Dee Williams thinks it's fine for actors to wear blackface: 'Why not?'

Billy Dee Williams just shocked Bill Maher with a surprising take on blackface. In a conversation on Maher's "Club Random" podcast, the "Empire Strikes Back" star, 87, argued actors should be able to ...
Decider

Billy Dee Williams Confesses He Finds Blackface "Hysterical" And Says Actors Should Be Allowed To Do It: "You Should Do Anything You Want To Do"

Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams shocked Bill Maher during a recent appearance on his Club Random podcast when he revealed that he believes actors should be allowed to do blackface. The pair were ...
IndieWire

Richard Dreyfuss Criticizes Oscar Diversity Requirements, Defends Blackface in Laurence Olivier’s ‘Othello’

"He played a Black man brilliantly. Am I being told that I will never have a chance to play a Black man?" ...