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0 pointsphilwelch16y ago0 comments

I didn't say he was being funny. I said he was trying to be funny. The crucial point is that white people very rarely succeed in being funny when they say "nigger".

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abstractbill16y ago· 2 in thread

I'm not at all convinced he was trying to be funny, which is the crucial difference for me. If he had been really trying to amuse his audience, no matter how cringe-worthy, I think they would have (and should have) let him off the hook. But he was really angry at the hecklers and it definitely didn't seem to me like he was using the word to make them or anyone else laugh.

philwelchOP16y ago

Angry shouting, and saying things to shock people, are both well-known comedic techniques though. So it's just as possible he's just a lousy comedian.

But this is a tangent. We should really be discussing the lousy comedian this thread is supposed to be about.

tbrooks16y ago

Cmon, you seriously think Michael Richards was using angry shouting and shock value as comedic techniques?

Can anyone honestly think that lashout was funny?

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