Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks · Aired Oct 30, 2026
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The video for the song Time by Culture Club features people in blackface.
The finding
What the evidence shows
Blackface does appear in a Culture Club video, but a different one from the one named. The Recording Academy says the 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me' video has a courtroom scene with a jury in blackface, which director Julien Temple said was meant to mock bigotry. We found no source saying the 'Time (Clock of the Heart)' video uses blackface. Footage or a reliable description of blackface in the 'Time' video itself would change this verdict.
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Is it true that the video for the song Time by Culture Club features people in blackface?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Blackface does appear in a Culture Club video, but a different one from the one named. The Recording Academy says the 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me' video has a courtroom scene with a jury in blackface, which director Julien Temple said was meant to mock bigotry. Legion of Skanks said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks, aired Oct 30, 2026, at 2:16:53. The supporting source is grammy.com, linked below.
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