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Is Cosmo Kramer a bigot?

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I sit on the fence on this one. First of all, he should not have used the language he used, especially the racial slur, and I condemn him for this and never would I condone such language from anyone. This is 2006.

However, the two men who set him off should have shut their mouths while the show was on and they should not have heckled him while he was trying to give a performance others paid to see.
 
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I sit on the fence on this one. First of all, he should not have used the language he used, especially the racial slur, and I condemn him for this and never would I condone such language from anyone. This is 2006.

However, the two men who set him off should have shut their mouths while the show was on and they should not have heckled him while he was trying to give a performance others paid to see.
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But... every comedy club I've ever attended has ALWAYS had hecklers. It is rude but it still happens - - especially at a comedy club. Now it wouldn't happen at a B. Streisand concert. Oh, wait, it did!

Kramer just completely lost control of his good sense on this one. I doubt he is a bigot - but he was incredibly stupid. He probably thought he was being "funny & edgy."
 
I think he got a little too pissed and his "inner bigot" came charging out. Yeah, he got heckled. Goes with the job. He should have taken the high road and ignored the hecklers, or played along with them like most comics do.
 
When I was watching Letterman last night I had not seen the video. Honestly, I didn't know what to make of his apology. People in the audience started laughing because they thought it was a joke. He said stop, this is not funny. He's a hard guy to take seriously. Even when the situation called for it. Like Bsmart said, it's 2006 and there's no excuse for his behavior. Jerry said he was mad as heck at him. Jerry was on Letterman to promote yet another series of Seinfeld. I wonder if this will effect sales. :idontno: I don't really care.
 
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Any good, self-respecting comic would've made a much better situation out of the heckling. Like Johnrudy said, I've never seen a comedy show that didn't have hecklers; they kind of go hand-in-hand.
Michael Richards needs to take a few lessons from Elvira Kurt on how to handle hecklers.
 
I am surprised to learn of the hecklers thing. I have been to three comedy shows in my life and didn't notice any. PotatoV, what did Elvira do to some hecklers?
 
I've never seen him perform outside of Seinfeld, but a good comedian can really take advantage of heckling to their benefit. It's apparent that his comedic skills are limited to script reading. I didn't even like it when Richard Pryor used words like that. :blink:
 
I agree with Jdarg.
Blacks like Pryor began throwing the n-word back in whites' faces back in the 70's, trying to reduce its power--but then Pryor renounced that word after visiting Africa. The n-word still makes me wince.
The word still has a lot of power. Anyone who gets in front of an audience (and I have tremendous respect for those who do) had better be prepared to be a damn good extemporaneous speaker. A comic at an improv place? Deal with it.
The guys who heckled Richards were jerks, but Richards has forever lost my respect. He opened his tirade with a reference to lynching. He blew it big time.
At least he hasn't checked into alcohol rehab.:roll:

edited to agree with Mango: a good comic would neve resort to profanity or anything else: Richards was not exactlly light on his feet with the hecklers
 
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