He’s always been funny.
Always on the edge, sometimes embarrassingly so.
Last night he walked too close and fell.
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Will I scream and rant and say take him off the air?
Hardly.
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In fact I feel sorry for the wealthy, talented, gentleman in question.
Because I suddenly realize he is totally without empathy or sensitivity for others. He is so incredibly insulated in his quest for fame or perhaps comedic approval, he has no reservoir of emotion for other human beings.
Last night he used a disability that I am familiar with for a few weak moments of laughter.
He took the symptoms that countless young victims of the syndrome spend a lifetime trying to overcome to fill a few brief minutes of his weekly comedy episode.
I doubt if many people laughed. I cringed at his lack of sensitivity.
I thought of the courageous young adults I know trying valiantly to enter the mainstream of life despite the disability that he was ridiculing.
The terminology he used was inaccurate beyond being offensive.
It totally missed the mark describing anyone afflicted with similar disabilities.
He appeared ignorant rather than amusing; cruel rather that witty.
Dumb rather than brilliant.
However, he evoked my sympathy rather than anger. It was pathetic watching this celebrity groping for laughter at other’s expense.
Will I join a protest? No. Will I continue watching his show? I doubt it.
But I am sorry because until last night, there were moments when I laughed and I need that in my life.
But never at another’s expense.
