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我看这个喜剧的时候，只知道笑，并不知道有人会为此去游行示威。
现在想想，很简单，因为我不是波多黎各人。
波多黎各是美国的自治州，而且 NBC 的喜剧里也没有说要杀光波多黎各人。
NBC Apologizes for 'Seinfeld' Episode on the Puerto Rican Day Parade
Published: May 09, 1998
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Faced with criticism from the leader of a Puerto Rican organization who
found the ''Seinfeld'' episode on Thursday insulting, NBC apologized
yesterday, saying it had not intended to offend anyone.
The second-to-last ''Seinfeld'' featured Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer
driving back from a Mets game and getting stuck in a traffic jam created by
the Puerto Rican Day parade. At one point, Kramer tossed a sparkler and
accidentally lighted a Puerto Rican flag on fire. He tried putting out the
burning flag by stomping on it.
Angry paradegoers then began chasing Kramer. When they lost him, the mob
began shaking Jerry's empty car and threw it down a stairwell. Kramer
remarked that ''it's like this every day in Puerto Rico.''
The scene was an ''unconscionable insult'' to Puerto Ricans, said the
president of the National Puerto Rican Coalition, Manuel Mirabal.
''It is unacceptable that the Puerto Rican flag be used by 'Seinfeld' as a
stage prop under any circumstances,'' Mr. Mirabal said.
The Bronx Borough President, Fernando Ferrer, who is Puerto Rican, said the
''Seinfeld'' episode ''crossed the line between humor and bigotry.'' Mr.
Ferrer said it was a slur to depict men rioting and vandalizing a car and
suggesting that it happens every day in Puerto Rico.
NBC said it was sorry if anyone was insulted by the show's humor.
''We do not feel that the show lends itself to damaging ethnic stereotypes,
because the audience for 'Seinfeld' knows the humor is derived from watching
the core group of characters get themselves into difficult situations,''
the network said in a statement.
NBC's president, Robert Wright, added, ''Our appreciation of the broad
comedy of 'Seinfeld' does not in any way take away from the respect we have
for the Puerto Rican flag.''
Mr. Mirabal also said he was insulted by the depiction of parade spectators
as insensitive and of Hispanic characters ''dressing in clothing that has
not been worn in 40 years.'' He wrote to Mr. Wright last month, before he
had seen the show, to express his concern and to suggest that NBC have
Hispanic consultants review the program for offensive content. Until that
point, NBC had said only that the episode would be titled ''The Puerto Rican
Day Parade.''
In a response to Mr. Mirabal, an executive with the ''Seinfeld'' production
company said that the episode could have been written about the St. Patrick'
s Day parade or Columbus Day parade, but that they did not occur during
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