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He responded in anger at a heckler who was trying to get him fired up, which sometimes happens to comedians. They have somebody in the crowd trying to be funny too and throw the comedian off by making him lose track of his practiced jokes and take it to an unpracticed level. However, ignoring the hecklers comes with the territory, or sometimes not ignorning them and having a go at the heckler is also allowed in comedy, but he overstepped a barrier where funny jabs became too personal and too hate-filled.
Now, there is another part of this story that was not covered in that initial report above, but I heard on the radio last night. A statement was made by some kind of guy that represented the club about how the racial slurs of "Kramer" did not represent the club's interest and so on. Of course, they are trying to cover their butts so that they do not get sued, but the next thing the guy said was that "it will take years for these people to heal from this". That is utter bull-crap. Years to heal from a foolish comedian-gone bad? Now I hear that several of the people are planning on actually making a case to sue for their emotional wounds and the club will get shut down, the insurance agency that covers the club will go broke and for what? Emotional scarring? That's almost as absurd as letting this guy go back on stage anytime soon.
[ 11-21-2006, 09:49 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]
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