After jumping through way too many sequin hoops to pacify GLAAD after making a joke in a comedy club about stabbing his son in the face if he was gay, Tracy Morgan‘s standup routines are apparently going to be tediously policed for controversy so every special interest group gets a chance to make him show up at one of their events because that’s how we handle comedy in this post-Michael Richards hellscape we now live in. The New York Times reports:
During two hourlong sets on Saturday, Mr. Morgan did not repeat the bit that had gotten him in trouble, though his mind certainly went anywhere else that allowed him to imitate a bedroom or bathroom noise. He also made obviously facetious claims, saying he had been the assassin of Osama bin Laden, and variously describing himself as single, in a relationship, married and divorced. (He’s engaged with three sons from a previous marriage.)
Then, just before midnight, Mr. Morgan said he had something going through his mind “that I can’t share with y’all.” Though the audience goaded him to continue, Mr. Morgan said, “I can’t. I just got out of controversy, man. This is diabolical.”
After another brief flirtation with a woman in the crowd, Mr. Morgan turned sincere. “I love you all so much,” he said, “did I tell you that tonight? I’ve been in trouble lately, and this was big for me that you all came out.”
Whatever he had been accused of, Mr. Morgan said, “I don’t have that in me. I believe gay, straight, anybody, everybody’s supposed to be happy in this world, man.”
Resuming his routine, Mr. Morgan warned his audience, “Don’t ever mess with women who have retarded kids.” As groans and cries of “Uh-oh” were heard, he continued, “Them young retarded males is strong. They’re strong like chimps.”
Finally, he concluded with a bit about his alleged teenage romance with a girl he described as “a cripple” with a prosthetic arm, a mechanical larynx and a portable dialysis machine.
He facetiously claimed to have shot Bin Laden?! Heavens to Betsy! Alert the Veterans Administration while I fire up the Sensitivity Chamber. But, seriously, Louis CK tackled the issue of how fucking asinine it is to disseminate comedy routines in an interview with Slate during Stab-In-The-Head-Gate, so I’m going to defer this entire commentary to him because A. he’s funnier than me, and B. I’m still adjusting to a world where nothing short of angel rape fazes me anymore. (Yup, we’re still on that.)
Louis CK Defends Tracy Morgan After The Jump
