Dick Apologizes for Race Remark

[oberliner]

US comic Andy Dick has apologized for calling a crowd of comedy fans "n**ggers" during a stand-up stint on Saturday night. The funnyman jumped onstage during a routine by Ian Bagg at Los Angeles' Improv and used the defamatory word in an attempt to joke about Michael Richards, who hit the headlines last month for a racist attack on hecklers during his show at the Laugh Factory. But the gag didn't go down very well, leading to a backlash from Improv guests who were less than amused with Dick's remark. Dick, 40, released a statement to the Los Angeles Times newspaper yesterday, explaining, "I chose to make a joke about a subject that is not funny. In an attempt to make light of a serious subject, I have offended a lot of people, and I am sorry for my insensitivity. I wish to apologize to Ian, to the club and its patrons and to anyone who was hurt or offended by my remark."

http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-12-07/

[graywarrior]

1. This is the new thing. Say the N word, then apologize.

[idgiehkt]

4. wonder if he's a friend of Richards?

because if they can get a whole bunch of people to do it, it won't seem so bad, or something, or something.... :shrug:

[graywarrior]

5. I doubt Andy has any friends.

[petronius]

2. Excellent subject line... He was a bit of a dick, wasn't he?

[oberliner]

3. I thought that headline was really funny nt

[rug]

6. He's still a Dick.

[matcom]

7. Get thee to rehab!

STAT!

[madinmaryland]

8. I thought you were talking about Chaney. Need to clarify that.

[ChoralScholar]

9. I have wondered - if it was just the word

that got people in an uproar or what. If he had said "You're all idiots" would people have been so mad?

It is a shame that one word has so much power.

[oberliner]

10. Do you mean in Andy Dick's case or Michael Richards'?

They were very different incidents.

[ChoralScholar]

11. Both, really.

Even in different incidents - would the outrage have been the same without the word?

Would anyone have known who Richards was talking to if he hadn't said it?

[Paladin]

12. Take Your Apology And Shove It, Dick

And that goes for the next dozen "entertainers" whose mental problems/drug ingestion/whatever makes them decide to shit-can their marginal careers by spewing vile comments. Spare us the apologies, the checking into the toney rehab places, the weepy appearances on Oprah, etc. It's all gotten really old......