Another hero falls
Of all the people that are die-hard Seinfeld fans, I'd bet a 100 bucks that at least 70% of them would name Kramer as their favourite character. Until last week, that is.
Kramer, or Michael Richards, was caught on tape while lashing out at some hecklers during his standup routine at a comedy show for Laugh Factory. He repeatedly called his hecklers the N word and also referred to the lynchings in a very derogatory manner. The networks immediately took him on and there was outrage and calls on every channel. If something could make it worse, the words seemed to come from his heart - anger and rage that was bottled up for a long time and just spilled forth in uncontrollable diatribe - making everyone realize that there's still a lot of racist attitude out there that haven't been totally resolved.
He has since apologised. A lot of people think this may be it for him. At least Mel Gibson wasn't caught on tape and was inebriated.
In any case, quite unfortunately, the next time I watch a Seinfeld rerun, I'm going to be thinking about this when Kramer stumbles in through that front door.
Strangely, there's some defense of Richards.
Kramer, or Michael Richards, was caught on tape while lashing out at some hecklers during his standup routine at a comedy show for Laugh Factory. He repeatedly called his hecklers the N word and also referred to the lynchings in a very derogatory manner. The networks immediately took him on and there was outrage and calls on every channel. If something could make it worse, the words seemed to come from his heart - anger and rage that was bottled up for a long time and just spilled forth in uncontrollable diatribe - making everyone realize that there's still a lot of racist attitude out there that haven't been totally resolved.
He has since apologised. A lot of people think this may be it for him. At least Mel Gibson wasn't caught on tape and was inebriated.
In any case, quite unfortunately, the next time I watch a Seinfeld rerun, I'm going to be thinking about this when Kramer stumbles in through that front door.
Strangely, there's some defense of Richards.
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