Another Brother, to defend this statement, I ask that you please post the words to your "Chinese Driving School" bit which is a part of your routine.
I thought Shaq said it on "The Best Damned Sports Show", while being interviewed. Not to condone what he said but it is more likely that it was a poor attempt at a joke, cosidering the nature of the show. i.e. the almost constant joking and teasing.
My routine is theater, it's not based in reality. Tim Allen does not have a TV show called "Tool Time", Jim Bruer has never met a boy that is half-man half-goat and there is no Santa Claus. You see T_J, comedy is just a routine, I have never been to or seen a Chinese driving school but it was a funny concept for my first CD, as was a drunken r****ded person and a handicapped topless dancer. I am presently working on my second, in it I will reference talking flies, my Mom flunking the third grade and Vampires that use cell phones. These are situations that are figments of my imagination, and I try to make them real on stage. I'm sorry if I confused you. Don't respond for fear of appearing as though you don't know what the hell you're talking about...again.
Even the "overheard" version by the "witnesses" is not as hostile a version as yours is. Do you really think he targeted her for embarassment or humiliation? If you saw this scene depicted on SNL you would laugh. It happens in life and you want the guy to get fired. I'm not saying that his behavior is not boorish or that he shouldn't apologize, but these are careers here. The reason SNL is "funny" is because its so absurd. If you did many of the things they depict on SNL, you'd get fired, shot, or sued for sexual harassment. The reason it is funny is because it mocks the stupidity of people that do those things in real life.
Of course, but is that a "firing" offense... to be stupid in that way... for a few moments... while perhaps under the influence?
Can we not make a case that his mock Chinese was also "theatre?" I'm not out to bust you AB; your routines are funny. I'm not offended by them or much at all, really!. Why does this guy get no slack?
Can I download that "Chinese driving school" skit somewhere? I assume your CD's are not on sale in Europe (YET! ).
Seperation of entertainment and reality, I've said it already. Hey I laugh when a guy gets his head blown to bits in pulpfiction, but that don't mean I laugh when it happens in real life, it's two different situations.
Easy, where are you born in? But if they follow it by doing some ching chong karate kid crap, then it's completely different matter.
I think that flashes of racial insensitivity is evidence of a deep seeded problem. In other words, if he'll say that in her face what would he say behind her back?
I don't understand your argument. Companies should tolerate racist behavior because even racists have to make a living. That's ridiculous. The Dodgers fired Al Campanis after he made racially insensitive comments about African Americans. They did not want to employ a racist. Companies do not tolerate racist behavior. Companies do not tolerate sexual harrisment. There are reasons for this.
