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BYU comedy troupe axes ‘Moana’ mashup sketch after Pacific Islanders protest poster they say amounts to ‘brownface’

The production combined music from the Disney hit with the 1969 LDS Church produced short “Johnny Lingo.”

(Image taken from Facebook) This poster image, promoting a sketch show by the student troupe BYU's Divine Comedy, was pulled from circulation at Brigham Young Unviersity on Thursday, after complaints from members of Utah's Pacific Islander community.