Hear the one about the crowded club? Laugh Factory enjoying comeback in wake of controversy, N-word ban.(NIGHTLIFE)(Brief article)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: December 11, 2006| Author: Becker, Amanda | Copyright information

Do people want to hear the N-word or not?

Jamie Masada, owner of the Laugh Factory, says no.

After Michael Richards uttered the epithet heard round the world on Nov. 17, crowds at Masada's West Hollywood comedy club thinned.

"Groups of men walked by giving the Nazi salute and screaming the N-word," Masada said. "My customers outside kept walking away."

So Masada took action.

"I thought that instead of putting gas on the fire, ...

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