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I watched the video. This is not a case of racism; it's a case of trying to address hecklers in a crazy/ranty way and failing to engage the audience correctly in order to do it. It's inexperienced standup comedy.
Remember this guy is a comic actor, not a comic.
When standup comics evaluate each other, one key question is how long they have been doing comedy. This is because it's rare to see a comic who can handle any crowd correctly without doing it for 10 years, to experience every kind of crowd.
If you are going to rant like that and engage in a shocking sort of line to get their full attention, the crowd has to be on the comic's side. And they have to know it's an act, so there's this weird line a comic walks to let the audience know it's not serious. And they have to be in full control of the show and the reaction.
People are linking to Bill Hicks' masterful heckler handling. Hicks was unafraid to confront any audience, and the audience knew it. That's how he could scream here at the top of his lungs at hecklers "Hitler had the right idea!" but you know it's all part of an act, and he seems out of control but he is completely in control.
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