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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dennis</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ap888@lafn.org href="mailto:ap888@lafn.org">Marta Russell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 10, 2005 4:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] Jerry Lewis as
worst-case scenario[wasRe:PrivateHateMail Gang Up]</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sep 10, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Dennis Perrin wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">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?</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Marta</DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0000dd><BR
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