In different thoughts, a seriously annoying thing was reported today. Comedian Mr. Andy Dick has followed in the footsteps of Mr. Michael Richards, including an apology announced today. Now I need to mention that I do not find Mr. Dick to be funny at all. Other than is role on NewsRadio nothing I have seen him in has worked for me. So given that, hearing about this incident is no surprise.
What happened is that Mr. Dick was heckling a comedian and then joined him onstage in discussing (or making fun of – it’s not clear) Mr. Richards. Once this was finished Mr. Dick left the stage, but not before shouting at the crowd “You’re all a bunch of ----!”
Well isn’t that nice. It seems that the intent was to make a joke on what happened. Kind of a political commentary. Of course it didn’t work. Again I am amazed that Mr. Dick left the area unscathed, much like my surprise with Mr. Richards. Perhaps these men, and others need to double check the meaning of this term [I spoke about that in More old thoughts among other places] or just stick to using it in practiced material. It’s not a race thing, anyone can fall flat with this term, it’s an ugly offensive term that most use because they either don’t fully understand its meaning or because they do.
Up until 1992 this term has always had a derogatory meaning. Even the best comedian, using this term in the best application during his routine, acknowledged that. Mr. Richard Pryor stated in one of his last performances on-stage that no one should be called that. Mr. Pryor mentioned that he was sorry to have used the term. But when he did so, it was not as casual as it may have seemed on the surface, like much of his comedy. I’d venture to say that even Mr. Dave Chappelle has the full meaning strongly in mind when he has used it. To casually bandy it about, or to use it without understanding invites the anger it incites.
Perhaps I am wrong though. This may simply have been an attempt to garner attention by Mr. Andy Dick. Perhaps this was seen as a means to get the public’s attention, under the thought “There is no bad publicity.” Generally that may be true, but if this was merely a scheme to get media coverage then Mr. Dick needs to seek a new profession in my opinion.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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