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A theatre performance for children featuring a puppet that has been described as racist is continuing in the Montreal area. Several Black community organizations have criticized the puppet as being reminiscent of blackface minstrel shows racist performances during which white people portrayed exaggerated stereotypes of Black people for laughs. But the show s creator Franck Sylvestre, who is Black has no plans to change the puppet, which he said is a caricature of his own features. ....
A Montreal organization that lobbies against racial profiling is denouncing a Black artist over his award-winning puppet show it says promotes negative stereotypes. L Incroyable Secret de Barbe noire is a play put on by Martinique performer Franck Sylvestre around the province regularly for four to 11-year-old children. ....