LOS ANGELES, Calif. - George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71
I’ve always loved George, and respected him greatly for speaking the truth and forcing people to look at the hypocrisy of their lives. As a black woman it was nice to see a old white guy who “told it like it is” to whites straight to their face about how racist and fake some of them could be, and he did it all through intelligent, slick, humor. He reminded me of a white Paul Mooney. He was completely unapologetic about his radical views on life, religion, and culture. He was an endangered species in comedy today and he will be missed, especially by me.
