Modified On November 21, 2006
If you must, read this piece of garbage from pompous douchebag Nikki Finke about the Michael Richards incident.
Here’s the money quote:
In my opinion, the real news behind Seinfeld’s Michael Richards spewing “n”-word racial epithets after being heckled during his Friday night stand-up routine at the Laugh Factory (see video here) is this: many of today’s comedy clubs have become a cesspool of hatred. Inside them, racism, ethnic prejudice, religious bigotry, homophobia and sexism all masquerade as humor. Anyone who’s been to the clubs and heard the acts knows this to be true.
Have we not been warning all of you that this was coming? Folks have been rolling their cyber-eyeballs at us when we get the slightest bit panicky. Well, roll those eyes no more.
It’s coming again and they (The MSM) only need the slightest excuse. They did it in the late 80s/early 90s– all comics were “screamers,” and mysogynistic cretins. Once the business tanked, we were no longer a threat, no longer worthy of their attention. We’re a target now.
Thanks to Paul Ogata for sending us a link!