Friday, September 07, 2007
Comedian Gets the Hook for Using N-Word
breitbart.com: "Griffin, who has appeared in movies such as 'Undercover Brother' and 'Date Movie' and the TV show 'Malcolm & Eddie,' was performing at a Black Enterprise magazine event in the Miami suburb of Doral on Friday when he was cut off after using profanities and the N-word, said Andrew Wadium, a spokesman for the publication."
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I think it's really good that Griffin was censored. Someone is probably outraged and citing the right to free speech but one person's free speech stops at the next person's ear. Also as a stand up comedian you really should be able to read the crowd. If you keep saying something and getting no applause or laughter, maybe they don't find it funny and you should adapt. It's called improv and it's something good performers can do.
I agree that censorship is important. Often times entertainers and artists feel free to do whatever they want and call it art, however this is not the case. though something is art doesn't mean it is not profane. Another trend among African American entertainers is that because the are black, they are allowed to use their own word. unfortunately it still offends people no matter who is using the N-word.
It's always hard to keep the balance between offending people and tickling them enough to make them laugh. But I think censorship is just wrong. This may be the beginning of all the censorship that may begin. If people get upset with what they see, they would stop coming to see the show. Then the performers and the producers will understand the flow of the audience and will try to ease the usage of the words. But it is not something it should legally be censored. This is the democracy with free speech, and the artists have the rights to use them, no matter how much the audience gets offended with them.
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