I think we can agree that we live in a time of heightened sensitivity, and that most of us take great care to avoid racial and cultural stereotypes. There. That sounds so much better than "political correctness." Comedian and actor Colin Quinn doesn't want to trample on anyone's sensibilities, but he says let's get real. At "The New York Story," his comedy show at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York, he jokes about the Irish, Italians, blacks, Jews, Puerto Ricans and others. "It's not saying people are inferior. It's just saying everybody's got their thing," Quinn told Steve Zeitchik.
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