the laugh factory?

Too often does a celebrity or athlete say or do something totally preposterous and is then absolved from all blame because of some lame cover up. However, the tirade put on by Michael Richards spiraled too far out of control to be excused. Richards actually tries to defend his comments by alluding to interruptions by two black audience members, but from my experience, don’t comedy clubs always involve a certain level of heckling from the crowds? I mean, certainly Richards must believe in the words that he chose so carefully to depict the hecklers. He claims that his actions are justified because “that is what happens when you interrupt a white man”, a comment that isn’t intelligent or comical and which doesn’t even make sense. I think that Richards senses the audience is offended but instead of saving face with the rest of the audience he continues to antagonize their bewilderment and questions their ability to stomach his outrageous comments. He asks “is this too much for you too handle” pointing at the possibility that the audience is somehow inferior to him because of their lack of social perceptiveness. However, Richards’ clearly racially motivated comments illuminate his deep-seated bigotry and social ineptitude. As a result, he has lost all respect from any of the Seinfeld fans that still believed in him after he became a wash up.