Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence has admitted that he felt the show had a “free pass” to use blackface because their cast and crew were so “diverse”.
Last week, three episodes of the hospital sitcom were removed from streaming service Hulu at the showrunner’s request due to their use of blackface.
Because we were so proud of ourselves for doing a very diverse show, in front and behind the camera.”
Speaking about the scenes, Braff added: “At the time I delineated in my mind between the traditional blackface… when we were doing this I never equated it.