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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu
i have to disagree with most of that, null. im not going to go say that he's a racist, because he may not be. i think its stupid for a stand up comedian to get angry at some hecklers...that's pathetic. call it a jackass move by the hecklers but that doesn't matter, that happens all the time in stand up comedy if you cant take it, you shouldn't be up there getting paid.
the "racial" comments made back at him are entirely different. first of all, they were retalitory after having racist comments made agianst them, and whether or not it's fair, 'cracker' isnt nearly as an offensive word as 'nigger'.
on top of all of this, michael richards is a public figure and those hecklers are nobodys. nobody is going to pay attention to what they said, just as nobody will care if you or I made a racial remark against some random person on the street (except for that random person, they would probably care). if I picked up a mic in front of a bunch of people, i have to take more responsibility for what I say in relation to what anyone in the audience says. thats just the way it is.
is the guy a racist, and should his "career" die because of this? not necessarily. are the hecklers jackasses for talking trash and then calling him a cracker? probably. but he's in the fault, here...i can't see it any other way. he turned it into something far bigger and uncalled for than it easily could have been.
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im not totally seeing what your disagreeing with....
im not defending what he did one bit, he was wrong as can be. theres no excuse for it.
and he shouldnt of been up there. this has been said by others in the stand up industry because he is NOT a standup comedian, he is actor, and up there he was an actor trying to be a standup. i have a feeling his act probably did suck. and he had no idea how to handle being heckled, and he got frustrated and blew up.
and your right, its totally his fault. provoked or not, i dont disagree with you.
however, even tho cracker isnt really as offensive... (because honestly, i wouldnt care in the least). the idea behind it is the same, richards used racist remarks to try and get under their skin, they came back with racist remarks to try and get back at him. its all coming from the same place. its just that as you said, he's obviously in the spotlight, and he has the mic.
but if nothing else, i dont see him doing standup anymore. and if he did, you KNOW theres going to be hecklers there to try and push is buttons again.