Re: Michael Richards turns infamous racist rant into 'Curb' joke [Video!]
Dimitrios Paskoudniakis
"Taylor" <lukeb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kramer Turns Racist Rant Into a Joke
> Posted Nov 17th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff, SkulduggeryPleasant.org
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> Three years ago today, Michael Richards took the stage at the Laugh
> Factory and unleashed the racist tirade that would change his life
> forever -- but now he's turning the whole thing into a joke ...
> arguably inappropriate.
>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/11/1117_curb_video_2.jpg
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/11/1117_kramer_video_2.jpg
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> Richards made light of the rant on this weekend's episode of "Curb
> Your Enthusiasm." During one of the scenes, Richards -- playing
> himself -- blows his top at an African-American character, saying, "If
> only there were a horrible name that I could call you ... that would
> make you as angry as I am."
Richards did not make light of the rant - Larry David, who wrote the script,
which Richards merely acted, did.
>
> A group of spectators who witness the tirade instantly whip out their
> cell phones and begin to record. Richards, realizing the similarity of
> events, screams and bolts.
>
> Couple of problems here: First off, the original tirade was shot on a
> DIGITAL CAMERA -- not a cell phone.
So what? A realistic scenario is when some scene happens in public, you
whip out your cell phone. Brilliant.
>
> Second: Is Richards mocking himself ... or the digital-recording
> culture that exposed his greatest mistake? In other words, is Richards
> and "Curb" trying to make a bad joke out of a serious situation?
>
>
Again, Richards is doing nothing but acting on the scripted words placed
upon him by Larry David. Yes, Larry and Curb are making a joke out of the
previous incident. Brilliant.
>
> See Also
> "Kramer's" Racist Tirade -- Caught on Tape
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> Tags: kramer, michael richards, MichaelRichards, seinfeld
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> Read more:
> http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/17/kramer-turns-racist-rant-into-a-joke/
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> Poll: Kramer & "Curb" -- Inappropriate?
> * No: 69%
> * Yes: 31%
> Total Votes: 4,374
lugnut
<gree...@yeahright.com> wrote:
>Again, Richards is doing nothing but acting on the scripted words placed
>upon him by Larry David. Yes, Larry and Curb are making a joke out of the
>previous incident. Brilliant.
Well, they always said that there is no scripted dialogue per se, just
a detailed outline... but even if you don't buy that (and I'm not
sure I always do), this interview with J.B. Smoove makes it sound like
he and Richards were fairly hands-on in figuring out how to deal with
the scene -
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/j-b-smoove-on-curb-your-enthusiasm-and-michael-richards/
-lugnut