tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post116422392130980322..comments2023-10-01T06:46:18.446-05:00Comments on Exit, pursued by a bear: Tommy versus Kramertommyspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11032797715527900678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post-1164296769939599262006-11-23T10:46:00.000-05:002006-11-23T10:46:00.000-05:00In some talking-head discussion, it was brought up...In some talking-head discussion, it was brought up that Richards started out as an actor rather than a standup comic. Jerry Seinfeld (for example) would be much more used to a certain level of white noise (no pun intended)while he was doing his act. <BR/><BR/>What was very interesting was that the Letterman audience was laughing not because they liked to see Richards squirm, but because they probably had not seen the routine, and thought that he was doing a Kramer routine, or chanelling Andy Kaufman.<BR/><BR/>Is he a racist? Sure, as much as any of us are afraid of the Other. I know, I know, it certainly would have not been nearly so high-profile if he had shouted out "Faggot", or "Kike", or "Belgian", but it all springs from the same place.<BR/><BR/>I agree with TRP, and another sad thing about the arc of Michael Richards' career is that he had the steepest parabola of the four <EM>Seinfeld</EM> actors -- the steepest ascent and (apparently) the steepest and fastest decline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post-1164233360699347102006-11-22T17:09:00.000-05:002006-11-22T17:09:00.000-05:00Did you see him on Letterman Monday night? Richar...Did you see him on Letterman Monday night? Richards looked shell-shocked. He can't understand how he did what he did. <BR/><BR/>What he did was almost unbelieveably awful, but nobody deserves to be judged exclusively by their worst moment.TeacherRefPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087147646389275919noreply@blogger.com