Angry in the Great White North

Michael Richards: The Responsibility Game and Personal Character

Even Michael Richards continues to apologize for his racist tirade caught on video at the Laugh Factory comedy club, the "victims" are demanding cash. And so begins the game of moving responsibility around. The rules are simple. Responsibility cannot be shared, it can only be assigned entirely to one person. Whoever ends up with the responsibility loses and has to pay the other players money.

The funny thing about the responsibility game is that, when you think about it, the winners are actually the losers. At least you would think so if you valued personal character over money.

Apologies versus Contrition

Michael Richards, the actor who played Kramer on Seinfeld, has been in the news because he was caught on video angrily hurling racist insults at a heckler during a stand-up comedy performance. Of course, he has already embarked on the apology circuit. People have been debating about the quality and sincerity of his apology, and it got me thinking on the actual difference between being apologetic and being contrite.

Michael Richards: Career-ending accident or bizarre attempt to start again

Michael Richards' vile outburst at a comedy club has done something that his acting has not done -- gotten him noticed.