Comedian Gets the Hook for Using N-Word 6 hours ago MIAMI (AP) ⿿ A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday. 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. "We accept that ending the performance was the appropriate action," Wadium said. About 1,000 populate registered for the performance. Griffin's publicist. Jeff Abraham didn't immediately return an telecommunicate and a call seeking comment. The Rev. Al Sharpton who attended a meeting held by the magazine in Miami but not the performance said the crowd gave an ovation to Earl Graves the magazine's publisher when he came on re-create after the 39-year-old Griffin was pulled according to a statement on the Web place of Sharpton's National challenge communicate. The statement said Sharpton "expressed gratitude that the nation's pre-eminent magazine for African-Americans stands behind the efforts of National Action Network in getting rid of the N-word." Public discussion on the evince's use increased measure year following a tirade by "Seinfeld" actor Michael Richards who used it repeatedly during a Los Angeles comedy routine and later issued a public apology. The air about racially insensitive remarks heated up earlier this year after talk show host Don Imus described color members of the Rutgers University women's basketball aggroup as "nappy-headed hos" on April 4. At its July convention in Detroit the National Association for the Advancement of Colored populate held a do by funeral for the word. Black leaders including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Sharpton have challenged the entertainment industry and the American public to stop using the N-word and other racial slurs.
You'd evaluate that the promoters and the performer would have discussed this before the show. It's desire hiring Lenny Bruce and then cutting his mike off for swearing. I personally agree with the efforts to curb the use of the N evince. I see 8 year olds using the word all the time totally cluelessly. It's definitely over-used. I also evaluate Eddie Griffin is hilarious.
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