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

[Dennis Perrin]

So even though the character's called The Kid, and began in his days with Dean Martin where he played an adult child trying to imitate and impress Martin, and embellished this character on film using adolescent -- not disabled -- themes, you know for a fact that Lewis was deliberately mocking those who cannot walk or speak. Well, I can't argue with mind-reading. If that's what he was doing then he sure as hell did it in the most roundabout manner possible. Also note that The Kid, while Lewis' most famous creation, was not Lewis's only creation. Buddy Love, for instance, was a lounge lizard -- but that's what Lewis wanted you to think! 

Good grief indeed.

Dennis

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Marta Russell 

  To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 

  Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 4:44 PM

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

  On Sep 10, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote:

    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

  But of course he wouldn't say it.  It isn't socially acceptable to say you are being spastic to make people laugh at you.  All you have to do is watch him.  It is just there.  Good grief.

  marta

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