Word: mason
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scene was straight out of "Perry Mason," or at least a lesser "Matlock": Microsoft lawyer Tom Burt hectoring Sun VP (and Java creator) James Gosling and dissing the very same technology that Burt yesterday presented as a profound threat to the future of Redmond. Burt's refrain: Java is an inferior technology...
...Mason has, of course, had a long and illustrious career. In addition to performing for Queen Elizabeth II, being honored by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University, he has taken his one-man show to Broadway five different times. He has received all the awards a comedian could possibly dream of--Tonys, Grammys, Emmys...
Obviously, Jackie Mason has nothing to prove anymore. Recently, he's been letting his mouth motor along completely unrestrained: "Clinton would just as easily kill as Hitler would. He has no conscience," he said in a recent interview without explaining himself. As a result, the press has labelled him an "equal opportunity offender," a title he doesn't seem to mind. In Much Ado About Everything, he doesn't give a hoot about political correctness or being temporarily offensive, as long as it produces the all-important laugh...
...proven guilty, you're still innocent." And as for President Clinton, he simply makes references to the "sex maniacs in Martha's Vineyard" and gets the obligatory laugh. Many of the jokes seem old, and it's entirely possible that Much Ado About Everything is a recycled mishmash of Mason's past shows. But he's still an engaging comedian (despite his limited focus and his tendency to speak at a whirlwind pace...
...Mason to be at full force, he must stop trying to walk the tightrope of "moral correctness." He can't always tell the honest truth and still be politically correct. Plus, defensive qualifications compromise his humor and make the audience feel self-conscious. Who wants to hear a comedian apologize for being funny...