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Monday, June 13, 2011

Selective Outrage at an Outrageous Comedian

Why does anyone care what a comedian says during a routine?  Well, if it's a blast at Sarah Palin or conservatives most people don't care.  But if it's a blast that is politically incorrect, the offending comedian must be punished:
 Tracy Morgan says stuff and people get mad, again -- It's been a while since 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan ticked people off. Last February he enraged Palin fans when he went on TNT during a live broadcast and said the former governor is "good masturbation material." But after his latest rant, this time attacking gays, even his co-star Tina Fey isn't backing him up. She made the following statement to TMZ: "The violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community." Presumably Fey was fine with Morgan's vulgar comments on Palin, but she finally had to speak up because this time he angered people who might actually buy her book. 
Anybody seen Michael Richards of Seinfeld fame lately? His blast at a heckler, using a word that's apparently reserved only for black comedians, seems to have gotten him banned from life. He should have yelled "Palin" instead of the "n" word.

4 comments:

Sam L. said...

She shoulda been on him about Sarah--given her fame is partly due to her impersonation, he could be thinking of Tina.

LewArcher said...

Isn't there a difference between masturbation and murder?

And if Morgan's son was biologically homosexual, that is different than lying and saying some one pals around with terrorists (and only able to name one.)

Rick Moore said...

There were always two terrorists - William Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn.

LewArcher said...

Tell Mrs. Palin.
She couldn't name Bernardine.