Login / RegisterGuy Earle's hecklers may get the last laugh
Back in May, comedian Guy Earle was heckled while hosting a comedy night at Zesty’s Restaurant on Commercial Drive. Earle responded to the hecklers by launching into a slew of insults allegedly aimed at the sexuality of the hecklers, who were a lesbian couple. Lorna Pardy, one half of the couple, then filed a human-rights complaint against Earle, Zesty’s, and restaurant owner Salam Ismail. On June 24, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled that there is enough evidence for the case to be heard.
Is this political correctness gone too far? Certainly, by all accounts, Earle’s tirade was offensive and unfunny. (The comedian denies he discriminated.) But when does something cross the line from being merely offensive to being an affront to human rights? On the one hand, this does seem ridiculous: isn’t there a long tradition in comedy of comedians giving hecklers what-for? But then again, had Earle launched into a racist tirade, í la Michael Richards, we might not dismiss this episode as PC mania.
Watch Earle discuss the episode in an interview with fellow comics:
Being in a foul half drunk mood, that move was a tad too much for the comic causing him to go 'sideways'. THEN, the 'heckling' began. At least this is what I heard from direct witnesses to the incident.
He should have followed the advice on my sign...
Two sides to every story... he seems to be a little premature about alot of things.
I laughed when the media used the term "dyke" apparently Guy referred to this term when addressing them..oh NO! BUT its ok for lesbian's to use the term e.g. The DYKE March or Dykes on Bikes or Superdyke.com. But when its convient to them, they pull the victim card. Giving me a break! Well good thing he didn't call them women because they would have clearly nailed him to the cross for this. Remember they are womyn...so get it write people.
These womyn were clearly attention seekers and WHY are we giving it to them?!!! BTW, I am a feminine lesbian who choose NOT to attention seek or play the victim card!!! These women make all lesbians and gays look like freaks as does the Gay pride parade.
Can I take the entire PARDY team, including the court, to a HRC/HRT outside of BC to get justice?
The transcript whatsawhosits from the court case.
Also is everyone ignoring that he threw around the n word just because some people were talking?
Seems a little....aggressive for lack of a better word