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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by analog
All i am going to say is, I am SO happy for the video capture technology in cellphones and digital cams- they have given us video insights into events that would otherwise have been nothing more than "he said, she said" with the sole reliance on witness accounts.
There have been so many events that would possibly have remained speculation, gossip, and eyewitness sound bytes had it not been for this technology.
That being said, I don't think he's a racist, he just has poor judgment of "pushing the envelope", and isn't a very good stand-up comedian in general. I don't know why anyone is drawing any parallels or making any references to the late, great comedy legend Andy Kaufman. Michael Richards couldn't be like Andy Kaufman in his dreams.
And unless he's an incredibly good actor (and i've watched enough Seinfeld to say that he isn't), it's really hard to fake the nervous, sad, shaky and ashamed discomfort that was present in his voice when talking to David Letterman. He just made a terrible error in judgment on what he thought was "push the envelope for humor", and went way into "just insulting people" because he was losing it.
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While that may be the case, each time someone does use the camera and record something somewhere that has posted signage that says, "recording expressly prohibited" then they themselves are also breaking the law. I'm quite sure that the Laugh Factory has such signage, and again, for the very reasons to protect their "assets" of live shows and their ability to record and archive it for themselves.
as far as the hecklers are concerned, you don't go to see live stand up and NOT expect to get heckled. If you want to see a comedian and not get heckled go to a large venue and sit way in the back, not a small comedy club that seats a couple hundred people.
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