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Originally Posted by GZire
The issue behind the tirade was heckling of him. Without being there and hearing all the things that were said, it could be misleading on why he raged out. Now what he said probably goes back to either how he was raised or where he lived.
His outburst was uncalled for and so was the heckling.
Is Michael truly a racist? Who knows, but just because you call someone a name doesn't necessarily make you a racist, if that's the case then the heckler is a racist for calling Richards a cracker.
In any case, those guys all handled the issue poorly.
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No, I'm not letting Michael off the hook on this one because of the heckling. I've gone to the Comedy store hundreds of times and hecklers are about as common as roadies to rock stars. They are always there and the sheer brilliance of some comedians really shines when dealing with hecklers. I've seen comedians flip the situation entirely with a heckler and make them look stupid as all hell and the audience will laugh their ass off!
Michael is not a standup comedian and his breakdown was just plain baaaaaaad. The heckler shares small responsibility but on the stage there, anything can happen and comedians know that.