[lbo-talk] Jerry Lewis as worst-case scenario[wasRe:PrivateHateMail Gang Up]

[Dennis Perrin]

Actually, Lewis himself has never used the term "spastic" to describe his comedy. In fact, he's been incredibly nasty to those who have. His main character, The Kid, is an overactive nine-year-old boy inside a man's body. To say that he's mocking the disabled is projection of the most political kind. 

Dennis

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  From: Marta Russell 

  To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 

  Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 4:18 PM

  Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Jerry Lewis as worst-case scenario[wasRe:PrivateHateMail Gang Up]

  On Sep 10, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Dennis Perrin wrote:

    I've no doubt about that. His biographer Shawn Levy shows what an asshole and prick Lewis was throughout his life and career (including several nasty personal encounters with Levy). I was talking about his comedy, his craft. Lots of comics or artists are utterly depraved individuals. Is that how you judge their work, whether or not they kick their cat or yell at their father?

    Dennis 

  IMHO his work sucks too.  He portrayed himself as a "halfwit" often mimicking someone who had spasticity and slurred his words.  All these are traits that some disabled people have.  We don't think that is very funny.  He used impairment in ways to make people laugh at him for these characteristics.  He has no consciousness of the disability movement and we (speaking for lots of disabled people I know who feel the same way) hate the asshole  himself and his comedy routines.

  Marta

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