Twitter users let rip as 'racist' Leon Schuster trends

Johannesburg - South African comedy legend Leon Schuster has come under fire in the Twitter universe.

Throughout Sunday night and Monday, the popular actor was trending in response to several of his movies that were being shown on TV.

Twitter users argued over whether Schuster's films were racist, provocative or just plain humorous.

Some of his films were viewed as controversial because they included Schuster disguised as a black person for several of the pranks he played on unsuspecting South Africans.

@Burgerboxx said that one day we would have to explain to our children “why we allowed Leon Schuster to continue making movies”, while @Kay_Phalatse shared that “at some point everyone is racist (even us blacks), so we all need to accept it and stop pointing fingers at other people #LeonSchuster”.

An angry @StaggaSays said he didn’t “respect any black people that like Leon Schuster or Mr Bean” in response to @CulpritEnter, who said he hated himself “for liking Leon Schuster as a kid. All along he was mocking us as black people.”

But @iamVentWELL_SA felt differently, expressing that "as blacks we sometimes need to chill and take a pill”.

“Leon Schuster, he's racist now? No man, let's just relax about this colour thing plz,” she tweeted.

@The_DjMakO pointed out that “if Leon Schuster is racist according to the shows he made, then so is Trevor Noah. They’ve both mocked black people,” he said.

@Ole_Morule argued that Schuster pranks "are supposed to be provocative, like any comedian.

“If it's not provocative then what's the point? Y’all too sensitive,” she said.

@Nancy_XhosaAF, who was visibly annoyed, said people paid so much money for DStv Premium “and they give you Leon Schuster #PayBackTheMoney”.