I have no idea what he was thinking, but he really doesn't deserve a career with ideas like that.
I have no idea what he was thinking, but he really doesn't deserve a career with ideas like that.
This is pretty hilarious actually.
Because he has no idea what the hell he's doing.
THATS WHY IM STUMPED AS TO WHY I DONT GET MORE LAUGHS??!?!!?!!?!!??!This is pretty hilarious actually.
Because he has no idea what the hell he's doing.
Sephiro this here.
I'm half black and what he said was wrong but I saw him on Letterman and he is truly sorry. He's still okay in my books.
LOS ANGELES -- Now come the mea culpas. In an extraordinary -- and borderline bizarre -- appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman," Michael Richards apologized for his racist outburst during a comedy club performance in Los Angeles on Friday.
During his appearance via satellite hook-up -- brokered by friend and "Seinfeld" star and executive producer Jerry Seinfeld, who was a scheduled guest on "Late Show" and had earlier in the day issued a statement saying he was "sick" over the meltdown -- Richards often seemed tense and even angry.
At one point he said, "I can hear the audience laugh I'm not sure this is where I should be."
On Monday night's "Late Show," Seinfeld said "I was extremely upset and he is extremely upset, and I asked him if he'd come on tonight so he could explain what happened. It was one of those awful things."
Then Richards -- whose Kramer was one of the most indelible characters in sitcom history -- appeared on screen. Wearing a dark blue shirt, and his face drawn and tense, Richards was asked by Letterman about the incident. "I was at a comedy club trying to do my act, got heckled, and took it badly and went into a rage, and said some pretty nasty things to two Afro-Americans."
After some members of Letterman's audience tittered, Richards bristled, and said, "I heard you make some jokes -- that's OK -- but I'm really busted up over this and very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, the whites, everyone there, that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage, and I'm concerned about more hate and more rage and more anger coming through -- not just towards me, but toward a black-white conflict. There's a great deal of disturbance in this country."
He added that after leaving the stage Friday, he returned "to get back on the horse and I did, I apologized."
During his Laugh Factory tirade, he shouted at two black hecklers, telling them to "Shut up! Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a -- -- fork up your -- -- ." He then shouted "Throw his -- -- out. He's a -- -- !" repeating the racial epithet several times. TMZ.com obtained a tape of the tirade, and it quickly spread across the Web.
Monday about a half-dozen community activists gathered at the club to denounce Richards' remarks and demand an apology. "These kind of comments hurt all of us," said protester Lita Sister Herron of the Youth Advocacy Coalition. She called Richards' comments hate speech. The protesters also demanded an apology from the Laugh Factory.
At a news conference a short time later, club owner Jamie Masada expressed remorse and said Richards will not be back at the club until he says he's sorry.
This story was supplemented with an Associated Press report.
I'm shocked that some people commented to that YouTube video thinking that the brand of 'comedy' displayed by Michael Richards was funny.
I don't really see what the big deal was.
He was trying to do something he was new at. People were heckling. He freaked out and spewed the wrong things.
Big deal, happens every day.
Oh but he is famous so it matters!
It is funny, if only in the 'oops, racist' kind of way.Originally Posted by Mo-Nercy
Wow, i used to like Kramer. That's terrible, what the hell was he thinking.
EDIT: Seen the video just there on YouTube, it's worse than i could have imagined.
Last edited by Rocket Edge; 11-21-2006 at 02:06 PM.
Str8 Pimpin'
That's the thing. He wasn't thinking. You can see a few times in the video when he makes a "<img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">, what am I doing" face.
I just watched the actual video and it depresses me to no end to see that there are still people as moronic and ignorant as that on this planet.
What angered me the most was the "That's what happens when you interrupt the white man, don't ya know!?"
I am still laughing. It was extremely wrong, but when you hear the laughter of the audience, some people keep laughing cause they dunno what to do. Like they thought it was some planned satiresque stunt. Now THAT is comedy.
When I fail at something and someone points this out to me, I do not scream racial slurs at them.
It does happen everyday, and it is just as wrong. If I see it happening, I raise my voice against it. The only reason this seems to matter more is, indeed, because he is famous.
Famous or not, it's wrong.
Yes. There's a difference between yelling at someone and going on a huge tirade saying that 50 years ago, he could have had them hung and tortured for being black, mmmkay?
And I looooove Seinfeld, so I hate to think of Kramer like that. :[
As far as I know, he had no stand-up experience and this was one of his first attempts at it. He is a comedic actor, not a stand-up comic. He failed at his attempt and was frustrated, people were making fun of him and it frustrated him more. Usually this effects a person to the point where they say things they normally would not say under normal circumstances.When I fail at something and someone points this out to me, I do not scream racial slurs at them.
It does happen everyday, and it is just as wrong. If I see it happening, I raise my voice against it. The only reason this seems to matter more is, indeed, because he is famous.
Famous or not, it's wrong.
So he said terrible things to someone. Who cares? This "bad" word is nothing more than an ignorant term of endearment that has far more effectiveness than it should. Not to mention the complete double standard that surrounds the entire thing.
Also, I should point out that nobody seems to be discussing that he was called a "cracker-ass". Which is a term of endearment equal to the word Michael Richards used. Why isn't anyone making a big deal about that?
Oh. Right. Because Michael Richards is a face, not just a voice. People know who he is because of Seinfeld.
The only reason this and every other discussion about this is going on is because he has money and people know who he is. If this kind of crap actually disappoints you or enrages you, well.. let's not go into that because it might be taken as a flame.
P.S. It was not a tirade. It was a verbal argument between Michael Richards and a few members of the audience at the Laugh Factory. A tirade is when one person is talking about a specific subject. Not multiple people fighting over something.
shameful...
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
