Andy Dick -- The New "Kramer"?

76. Lenny Bruce was killing audiences with this kind of material more than forty years ago. So was Redd Fox.

Daniel Tosh (a white comic) does a killer bit where he uses a slur ironically, then follows it up with "No, no, no, it's okay because I'm black." There are dozens of comics on the scene right now whose entire ACTS are about racial stereotypes and slurs -- Lisa Lampinelli, Dave Chappele, Carlos Mencia, to name a few.

Racism is a very sensitive topic right now in America, because we all want to think we're done with it and we aren't. it's a source of guilt and shock. Of course comedians, who know audiences respond to shock, are going to use it in their acts. Most of the acts I've seen leave the audience shocked, but with a greater sense of brotherhood. We want to laugh about absurd stereotypes.

As for comics using these subjects against hecklers -- that's a (dark) grey area, but comics always use viscious counters against hecklers, impugning their humor, their mental abilities, their sexuality. The heckler generally gets it in whatever mode the comic deems would most scathing to the individual, and I see Richard's attack as a case of trying to hurt a guy so bad that he shuts up. Questions of racism are secondary and impossible to judge from context.

Posted at 6:22PM on Dec 5th 2006 by dasmb

77. you are all a bunch of weak d*@k hyper sensitive hypocrites with lots of time to worry about things that do not matter at all. true racists are idiots,but so are you for alowing yourself to be afected so badly by the culture of white guilt that you can no longer take a joke. thank you and goodnight

Posted at 11:16PM on Dec 8th 2006 by jake

78. Now I know the true meaning of the word Dickhead

Posted at 7:29PM on Dec 5th 2006 by John Schuessler

79. WHO IN THE HELL IS ANDY DICK? OBVIOUSLY HE MUST BE A NOBODY BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW HAS NEVER HEARD OF HIM. I GUESS THAT'S WHY HE'S WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE TO GET HIS NAME ON THE MAP. HE MUST REALLY BE DESPERATE FOR SOME NOTARIATY. AND IF HE THINKS HE WAS A HAS BEEN BEFORE, HE REALLY IS ONE NOW.

HOW LOW IS HE WILLING TO GO IN ORDER TO GET ONLY 15 MINUTES OF SHAME!!

THEY SHOULD HAVE NAMED HIM "ANDY GUMP".

Posted at 5:31PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Tommie

80. Hilarious. People are two sensitive.
My favorite Star Trek episode:
Where Uhura meets Abe Lincoln and he calls her as a "negress," then apologizes.
Uhura said "Mr. President, this is the 23rd century. We're not afraid of words any more."
People use the suffering of their ancestors to gain some sort of power over others in this day and age. If you give that a word power then it will have power. Kinda intersting how comedy pokes fun of something and makes you think about it.

Posted at 9:15PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Tim

81. Easy, folks. It's called "satire." He was doing a send-up of Richard's tirade. By itself, it sounds rediculous. However, in the context of a performance that was making fun of Richards....it sounds like it might have been pretty darn funny. Everyone needs to lighten up a bit. I assure you there was no hate involved whatsoever.

Posted at 8:57PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Chris

82. Mr. Dick is an absolute loser that knows the medias addiction to ugly news.

On the other hand, New Yorks mayor was with a group protesting the shooting of a black man by police (both black and white police) and the protesters were calling themselves N*ggers and no one seemed to mind that - go figure!

Posted at 6:24PM on Dec 5th 2006 by nj newsman

83. AHHHHHHH HA HA HA
BWWWWWAAAAAA HA HA HA !!!!!
Tomorrow he'll be crying at the alter of the dynamic dual, race pimps
ole JE$$E J . and the rev AL S.
of course every black present, will immediately sign up with ole gloria assred for their "pain and emotional suffering" by hearing the MUCH - BLACK - REPEATED....."n*gger" word,
but this time by a FU@#ING CRACKER ASS WHITE BOY.

OHH THE HUMANITY.

Posted at 7:00PM on Dec 5th 2006 by wildbill

84. Andy Who?

Posted at 10:35PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Jeffrey

85. Just once I'd like to see all this attention given to a black who makes racist comments about whites or hispanics. It never happens, because blacks aren't racists, right. Bull crap. It's just another in a loooooong line of politically correct double standards. It's sickening.

Posted at 10:14PM on Dec 5th 2006 by rick

86. Andy Dick is getting more attention from the use of the word "N*gger" than anything funny he's had to say. You know where his place is? Rehab for Bisexual, BiPolar, double dunking red heads. I put him, Kathy Griffith and Carrot top in the same category.....strange redheads.

Posted at 5:50PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Superstar Steve

87. It's called freedom of speech - first addition to this long, old document called the constitution. You know, it allows for the free exchange of ideas and stuff. Give it a read sometime...then go listen to some Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Frank Zappa or George Carlin, or better yet read some George Orwell, and try to understand that words are simply that...words, and if you don't stop persecuting people over words we'll all end up like Lenny did - or more likely, you'll wake up one day and your free republic has become a prison with 40 foot tall walls running along the entire border -- all because you were so scared of words.

Posted at 9:02PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Eric

88. I wish I had a nickel every time someone was called a n*gger in NYC. In one day, I'd have more money than The Donald.

I noticed money is now involved with the Michael Richards incident....I guess we are now teaching our children that monay heals all wounds.

Posted at 7:00PM on Dec 5th 2006 by KingVolcano

89. Andy Dick was trying to be funny, and he wasn't. This isn't the "new 'Kramer'", it's the "same 'Andy Dick'".

"Andy Dick's life-long goal goal is to give AIDS back to the monkeys." - Jeffrey Ross

Now THAT'S funny.

Posted at 8:42PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Wes

90. this is classic, anyone who doesnt get it or is pissed is a moron. calling a room of mostly white people a bunch of n*****s as you trump off stage is the epitome of timing and topicality

Posted at 6:11PM on Dec 5th 2006 by karl