Alice Livanart, a French cosplay champion, has been accused of wearing blackface in a costume that won her the France Cosplay Cup. The costume has been banned from the upcoming EuroCosplay finals after coming under fire for using blackface.
"There is a huge difference between blackface and cosplay. I am not saying blackface doesn't exist. I am saying Pyke isn't blackface. I made Pyke with all the love I have for that character. He is amazing and I just wanted to be him, because I love him. And that's cosplay. Pyke is a fictitious character, he doesn't exist. The only reason he's alive and walking is because there's something magic in cosplay," Livanart told the BBC in response to the scandal.
Livanart claims that she's received many messages of support for the cosplay."Some people wrote me messages that really touched me and helped me when I was down, when I was crying, because I didn't understand what was happening. I still have so much support and love, also hate, of course, and now more people know me. I spent €3,000 on Pyke. I made so many sacrifices."
Pyke, a character from Riot Games'"League of Legends," is the character Alice Livanart portrayed in her cosplay.There is indeed some debate in the comments of EuroCosplay's comments about whether or not the cosplay qualifies as blackface. Some see the costume as a racist act; others see it as a faithful rendition of the character that's not a caricature and not intended in a mocking way.
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