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oy, have the polit-
ically correct got it all
wrong.
"They certainly
have," says Jackie Mason,
eager to right the wrongs
perpetuated by people who,
he claims, pretend that the
best way to not make waves
is by drowning in ignorance.
"It's a guilt-ridden
sickness," he says in that
sonorous sing-song - voice fa-
miliar to the millions who
have watched him on TV or
seen one of his two award-
winning one-man Broadway
shows.
Jackie Mason jars with his
caustic comments on the po-
litically correct. But that's
okay, he claims. "I want to
offend people," he says. "I
want to offend the sick peo-
ple who are preposterous in
their beliefs."
The onetime rabbi whose
sermons were SRO has a
different congregation these
days, filling theaters with
fans for his caustic and
right-on attacks about peo-
ple who feel wronged for all
the wrong reasons.
He is set to do just that
with his Politically Incorrect
one-man show. It is due to
open on Broadway in March.
In their march to make
sure no one gets offended by
anything, says Mr. Mason,
- those who practice political
correctness are due for a cor-
rection themselves. People
are getting sick and tired of
having to watch their every
word out of fear of offending,
notes Mr. Mason.
Jackie . Mason is on the
offense, offended himself by

Michael Elkin is the
entertainment editor of the
Jewish Exponent in
Philadelphia.

the fact that free speech has
a price tag these days, with
those who speak their mind
subject to moral condemna-
tion.
Mr. Mason spares no one.
Jews, he says, are especially
vulnerable to PC.
"Jews are guilt-ridden in
their feelings about blacks.
They feel they have to prove
something" by safeguarding
the image of blacks, says Mr.
Mason.
But then, adds the come-
dian, political correctness
feels right for so many Jews
because "Jews are by nature
cowards — except in Israel.
But here in New York, in
America, they're panicky,
helpless. They've been
taught never to stand up for
themselves, not to raise
their hands in defense."
They're not scared of open-
ing their mouths to Jackie
Mason, however. "I hear
more from Jews. 'Please
keep your mouth shut,' they
say," says Mr. Mason. "You
say something about blacks
and they go into a state of
shock."
Jackie Mason shocked
some people four years back
when he campaigned on
behalf of Rudy Giuliani dur-
ing Mr. Giuliani's first run
against David Dinkins.
At the time, Mr. Mason
made a joke about Mr.
Dinkins, calling the black
candidate a shvartza. Mr.
Dinkins supporters saw red.
"No Jew got as violent
about anything as when I
said that," says Mr. Mason,
who shrugs off the incident.
The reaction "didn't hurt
me, maybe for just a day or
two."
The joke was on those who
overreacted, claims Mr.
Mason.

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