I adore that movie.
Posted on 09/06/2007 5:38:25 AM PDT by YourAdHere
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 believe that ending the performance was the appropriate action," Wadium said.
About 1,000 people registered for the performance.
Griffin's publicist, Jeff Abraham, didn't immediately return an e-mail 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 stage after the 39-year-old Griffin was pulled, according to a statement on the Web site of Sharpton's National Action Network.
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 word's use increased last 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 issue about racially insensitive remarks heated up earlier this year after talk show host Don Imus described black members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" on April 4.
At its July convention in Detroit, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a mock 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.
We're no safer now from that word than before the NAACP started. ;-)
This is this guys stick..anyone who says they didn’t know that is either lying or lives under a rock;..
Undercover Brother is a hilarious movie. One of my favorites.
I like Eddie Griffin.........
He’s not Chris Rock so he can’t get away with using that word.
Was there any mention about Black males getting jobs and supporting their children?
I found it to be the most intelligent spoof I’d seen in a long time. Lots of fun.
Pro'lly why he was hired. The entire thing was likely a performance piece. The real key will be Griffin's next performace ... will he be a new man or will it be n's as usual?
That’s his routine.
Did they warn him beforehand? Did he agree not to use “the N-word” in his act?
If not, then he was set-up so that they could congratulate themselves.
My favorite scene: In the apartment when the two women start fighting and the two men who had been fighting grab a sixer and sit down to watch!
"Don't make me he-bitch man-slap you."
I thought it was understood that blacks could use the word as their use was meant expressively and not racially....
"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can't drive." - Eddie Griffin
First, it looks like they got what they paid for.
Second, Did they really need the Justice Brothers to tell them what was appropriate?
The Justice Brothers must need more money. I wonder who they will shakedown this time?
PC Amok.
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