Why is ‘yellowface’ wrong yet pantomime dames are OK? | Helen Lewis

The casting of a Japanese character in the new Ab Fab movie has caused offence –but are we being selective in the caricatures we choose to attack?How can I put this? Wee Jimmy Krankie in yellowface is not the hill I want to die on. But let’s rewind: on Monday the American comedian Margaret Cho tweeted a magnificent denunciation of the news that Janette Tough, the Scottish schoolboy-impersonator, is to appear in the new Absolutely Fabulous film as a Japanese fashion designer called Hu