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Character names that are racially sensitive?

I'm just going through an old episode of 70s show "The Comedians", where the acts play different roles. One of them has two character roles in an episode (spoken not credited onscreen) the second of which is a racially abusive term for a person from Pakistan.

Do I put the term for authenticity, or just omit it, and possibly add it to trivia?

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Hi @MovieCat -

We do have listed some offensive character names because they are listed as such in the end credits, in this case I think since character name is not in the credits we can find a description of the character in case you would like it not to be empty. As for the trivia you may add a tasteful trivia mentioning it no problem.

Cheers!

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@Bethanny​ Thank you, I actually ended up doing both things, but I think it's useful to ask if it comes up again.

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You could probably use a less offensive synonym for the word, especially if the character is not listed in the end credits. Generally you can use a bit more freedom when adding character names/descriptions that are not listed in the end credits.