We've got the Hurricane Katrina telethon on now, and Kanye West just had a meltdown.
At first, it was stuff I'd heard in places before - the media labeling African-Americans as looters and white people as just looking for stuff, the use of force against the folks stuck in New Orleans, etc. Mike Meyers, who was on screen with him, did his best to stick to the script.
When they went back to West, he led with "George Bush doesn't care about black people."
They cut really quickly to Chris Tucker after that. Meyers, for his part, managed to remain fairly professional while still having a "what did he just say?" air about him.
Interestingly, Meyers once had a similar role on a Saturday Night Live skit. He was an inventor of a pasta machine, and Heather Locklear played the host of an infomercial for it. As it progressed, Locklear's character became increasingly racist, calling out all the major (and a couple of minor) ethnic groups. Once again, life imitates art.
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