In Kramer vs. Kramer, Michael Richards loses. Also: Neocons gone wrong. Texan talk. Feeling new heat. Plus much more.
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LAUGH IN
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Re: Paul Beston's
Last
Thoughts on Michael Richards
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p>To me the biggest irony of the Michael Richards episode was the
big sign "LAUGH" in the background of Richards' tirade. The loss of
laughter at our common human foibles is one of the biggest
sacrifices on the altar of political correctness. Without laughter
what remains? Tension, suspicion, animosity, hardness of opinion
that pits one group against another. People should just get over it
and not take it so personally as to feel victimized. Especially in
a comedy club, it's not personal, it's strictly business. And
you've paid good money to be stretched, provoked, challenged. Enjoy
it and laugh with it, you might find some Truth in the
outrageousness that might be surprising. Political Correctness
sucks. There, I've said a truth that needs to be told. Ooooooh.
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Patrick Garrison
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Ithaca, New York
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Paul Beston's wrapup on Michael Richards highlights the most
egregious factor in this episode. The disturbing part of the video
is not what was said (because "Kramer" obviously has problems) but
that some audience members were tittering as he said it. That this
type of trash could be expected as part of a modern-day "comedy"
act is a most troubling, and revealing, aspect of the Culture
War.
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Steve Nikitas
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts
