{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "'Trump-Emboldened,' 'Racist' Crowds Feed An Exodus At The Second City In Chicago", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/151821822098/", "html": "<a href=\"http://chicagoist.com/2016/10/14/the_second_city.php\">'Trump-Emboldened,' 'Racist' Crowds Feed An Exodus At The Second City In Chicago</a>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[Peter] Kim said audiences have gotten more abusive in the past year and has heard people use the \u2018f\u2019 word, alluding to a slur against gays.</p><p>\u201cThe straw that broke the camel\u2019s back for me was a man was sitting next to a Hispanic couple,\u201d Kim said. \u201cWe asked a question to another lady, completely different lady, we said, \u2018Hey, ma\u2019am, what is something small that pisses you off, like getting stuck in traffic.\u2018\u201d</p><p>The man, unsolicited, screamed out, \u2018Sitting too close to a Mexican,\u2019 while sitting next to a Hispanic couple.\u201c</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>\u201cIn 44 years of this work, I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. The audience seems to feel like they have license in very unpleasant ways,\u201d he added. &ldquo;Ninety-nine percent of people are cool. But the jerk who used to keep his mouth shut now feels like he has the right to say something.\u201d</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161014/lincoln-park/second-city-racist-audiences-peter-kim\" target=\"_blank\"></a><a>Second City\u2019s longtime owner Andrew Alexander said</a> he has noticed a \nspike in inappropriate audience behavior in the last six or seven \nmonths, which was not common before now. He said he \u201cabsolutely\u201d blames \nsuch a rise in racist attitudes to the recent political climate that \nencourages \u201ccertain demographics on the Trump side\u201d to voice their \nopinions.</p></blockquote><p>So under the influence of Donald Trump the comedy world is getting cruder, with more aggression and racial humor, <a href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161013/old-town/are-all-white-people-racist-comedian-spoofs-offensive-bill-oreilly-bit\" target=\"_blank\">driving out SJWs</a>.</p><p>Recently, we heard how Donald Trump <a href=\"/post/150839346558/\" target=\"_blank\">was driving urban millennial women to be less assertive and feminist</a> and more pretty and feminine</p><p>Right now he\u2019s indoctrinating people that sexual assault is a joke charge that unworthy women - who should be mocked and punished - use to take down great men.</p><p>I\u2019ll be damned, but dude\u2019s actually delivering on the shitlord issues.<br/></p>"}