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Watching it, at first it does seem like hes trying to be funny, and its a part of his routine. (Im keeping in mind the fact that the video starts after he goes batty.) So I think they were waiting for the punchline or the end of the bit. They also might have been laughing because the hecklers won and he was driven off the stage.
During his apology on Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld actually has to tell the audience to stop laughing. I think that might be the same thing - those members of the audience thought the apology was a skit of some sort or a joke. I use joke in two ways: it was meant to be funny or it was funny because he supposedly is apologetic, you know what I mean?
He looks unhinged and kind of drugged (sedatives? narcotics? something else?) during that bizarre appearance. Hes all jittery and not making much sense. Talking about force fields and trailing off... And the backdrop looks like a jail or a mental hospital. (Purposefully setup that way, to visually insinuate this guy isnt in his right mind?) He definitely cracked up at some point and whether hes medicated in some way or not isnt the issue.
Is he racist? Seems to be. Banned from the Laugh Factory? Good. Being sued? FOR CHRISTS SAKE! This isnt a legal matter. I wish people would stop filing lawsuits over things like this.
Look, I think Michael Richards is talented. I think he is genuinely regretful, but thats probably because hes sullied his public image, to say the least.
As for him being washed up - and Im talking pre-stand-up-breakdown - people said that about Julia Louis-Dreyfus (the Seinfeld curse thing) and she made a comeback.
He might have been able to do the same.
But he blew it with that blow out.
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