They are the ones, as I recall, who were the first to get the scoop and footage on Mel Gibson's last big PR mistake. Mel Gibson is a big enough star with enough diverse entertainment accomplishments (plus there was supposedly rehab...) to be able to keep his career and most of his fans (hey... they had to already know about the anti-semitism if they were fans, you hear about that stuff eventually when you focus on a celeb).
But this is Michael Richards, Seinfeld's Kramer. Basically known for, well... pretty much that, and making a living as a standup comedian. Here's the link for their story and video. He needs to learn the same lesson that Kinky Friedman needs to learn (as pointed out by Molly Ivins), certain words might be funny out of the mouths of Chris Rock or Richard Pryor, but... ummm... those guys are African-American. He's not, and it's not even funny when he says it. Some of the audience were laughing, some were angry or shocked, sounds like most of them just wanted their money back. Michael Richards, that was stupid.Tags: Kramer - Seinfeld - racist
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Funny how anger and a few drinks can bring out the "honesty" in some people.
I read the transcript and all i can say is....WTF?????
At least he has apologized, and I'll bet he really is sorry he did it because this episode has hurt his career. As they say:
Worst. Episode. Ever.
That was interesting. But I don't know him well enough to know if he is really racist or not. Maybe he just screwed up. I'm not even going to think about it any more. There are bigger things to fuss about. Hugs.
Sad, really. He used to be so funny on Seinfeld. Who knew?
OT. Sorry, but that cat pilling thing is still HILARIOUS.
The hecklers were “rude”. That doesn’t make them “niggers”. Their ethnicity had nothing whatsoever to do with yelling out to him that they didn’t think he was funny. Heckling is commonplace in comedy and sports, as well as at political gatherings and even rock concerts. It’s not necessarily a nice thing to do, but it’s done all the time. Comedians are supposed to be able to handle that, or at least be used to it.
Regardless of what some white people would call O.J. Simpson, I would not call him a “nigger”, I would call him a “murderer”. See the difference there? His ethnicity doesn’t matter, and it shouldn’t matter. If it does matter, then we have racism.
Richards was doing a lot more than name-calling. Sounded to me like he was defending some of the atrocities that were committed by one ethnic group of people against another one, as though it was justified (by what? their hatred and bigotry?) The hecklers were rude, but they were right. It wasn’t funny.
Anon#2, that's complete bullshit. Next time take the hood off and identify yourself. There are plenty of pro-Aryan blogs out there that will welcome comments like that.
The last 2 racist comments left here rather recently have been put in the trash can, if anyone is looking for them.
-Blueberry (this is my place, you can post that shit on your own blog but not here)
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