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Jerry Seinfeld Says TV Comedy Is Being Killed By the ‘Extreme Left and P.C. Crap and People Worrying So Much About Offending Other People’
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I'm way too late on this, but I loved her answer.Relevant bump
Julia Louis Dreyfus' response when asked about Seinfeld's comments on comedy and political correctness
That's my veep!
It's like some of these old fossils just can't accept that things change. They don't want to change with the times.
As Julia said, go back in time by revisiting older stuff and you're guaranteed to find shit you won't find funny anymore.
Also this!
I started watching The Boys recently and there's a lot of comedy in that show, and people getting their heads exploded and mocking religion and tons of edgy stuff
Unbelievable that my Poptart movie is floundering. You're always having to walk on eggshells these days, not like the yonder times of 2007 when we released Bee Movie to unanimous acclaim and you were still allowed to be funny.
How come nobody finds anything funny anymore? Are you just so afraid to laugh at my Poptart movie because of the PC Gestapo?
How come nobody finds anything funny anymore? Are you just so afraid to laugh at my Poptart movie because of the PC Gestapo?
Compare that to whatever the hell his newest movie is trying to be and its absolutely laughable to be fair.
View: https://twitter.com/variety/status/1846283727845937240?s=61&t=6oX5Gcr4eV1B1-6i599sIA
Jerry Seinfeld 'Regrets' Saying the 'Extreme Left' Killed Comedy: 'It's Not True ... You Can't Say Certain Words About Groups. So What?'
Jerry Seinfeld ‘Regrets’ Saying the ‘Extreme Left’ Killed Comedy: ‘It’s Not True … You Can’t Say Certain Words About Groups. So What?’
Jerry Seinfeld says it's not true that the extreme left and P.C. culture killed comedy.t.co
Damn... Has a movie or a project coming that he needs to promote soon?
THIS!!!
Fuck man Seinfeld was my favorite show for so long. I posted often here how much I loved it. It was already smeared after Kramer went racist but I could still watch it. I actually don't even think of the show anymore without his anti-woke turn. I'm not saying others can't still enjoy it I just have a very negative opinion of him now.
no it doesn't. the prior comments were during movie promotion
Am I totally blind because I don't see anything in this article about him promoting a movie
Well, it says he made the comments while he was promoting Unfrosted. So maybe he thinks the comments could be linked to the movie's poor performance (the terrible reviews might've played a bigger role, though). It's nice to not hear Jerry complain about the wokes ruining comedy for once (though I'm sure it happens elsewhere in the interview).
I've seen similar (correct) sentiments shared here in the past. Maybe he did get the memo. I doubt he's doing it because it "hurt his pocketbook" or whatever. He's a billionaire and they're egos are worth more than that.
I mean you can't just take back what he said before and pretend it never happened. Especially since he has a history of being on the wrong side of this topic. I will say that the snippets of the interview from the Variety article complete with detailed analogy are pretty good so kudos to whichever PR person coached him to say that. If this were all he's ever said on the matter I'd give him a pat on the back but it looks like obvious damage control to cover up when he accidentally said how he really feels.
Seinfeld is one of my favourite shows but Jerry in real life is just incredible tiresome whenever he opens his mouth about almost anything.
Seinfeld is one of my favourite shows but Jerry in real life is just incredible tiresome whenever he opens his mouth about almost anything.
Jerry is such a twat.
At least Julia has stayed winning this whole time (taken from the variety article, originally quoted in April when Jerry's bullshit came up the first time):
At least Julia has stayed winning this whole time (taken from the variety article, originally quoted in April when Jerry's bullshit came up the first time):
I think the woke comments, combined with the fact that he likes to date underage in the past, have both combined to finally move him into the "nah, we will do business with someone else" camp, especially given his recent box office bomb.
Billionaires always care about the lost potential of making even more money.
Edit: Forgot about the Zionism.
So yea, he's been going through the PR ringer recently.
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He added: But if those words include no longer being able to dehumanize Palestinians and defend their apartheid, my wife and I will donate money for goons to come assault you.
His full quote definitely sounds like it's a lot more reasonable, so I'm thinking this is the case. It sounds a bit more sincere than the standard "oh no I'm walking my words back because it hurt my pocketbook" Notes App apology.
She was probably really pissed about him saying that because it means he definitely didn't watch Veep
Did the Elephant Graveyard video ever get posted in this thread?
View: https://youtu.be/c6692U1AD54?si=Fw6RwH4weOS6nsOL
View: https://youtu.be/c6692U1AD54?si=Fw6RwH4weOS6nsOL
I dunno, maybe your schtick and material from 30 years ago just doesn't work or cut it anymore?
Larry David was able to evolve, not sure why Seinfeld couldn't.
Larry David was able to evolve, not sure why Seinfeld couldn't.
i read it wrong then, my bad everyone\.
I read it as if he made the new comments while promoting the Netflix project.
its strange because Seinfeld was never really that kind of comedian. It's not like he pushed boundaries hell Larry did way more of that over the course of Curb. Usually the kind of rhetoric he was spouting is used by hacky shock comedians like Tony Hinchcliff.
Episode 1278 - "Canceled Comedy" w/ Kliph Nesteroff and David Bianculli — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Marc is trying to get to the bottom of something. What does it really mean to be 'canceled' in comedy? Is it something comedians have always worried about? What does actual censorship in comedy look like? And who or what is traditionally responsible for censoring the comedy world? Marc talks to come
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I have listened to this 4 times, since it first released.
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Feels like Larry and Julia talked some sense into his ass lol.
Now apologize for your vile zionism.
One of the best youtube videos I've ever seen.
Now apologize for your vile zionism.
Not only would he still remain exceptionally wealthy if he never made another cent starting today, he even could lose $5 million dollars a month until his last breath and still be one of the richest people in entertainment. I doubt his pocketbook influenced his backpedaling lol.
One of the best youtube videos I've ever seen.
I don't think you can hurt Jerry Seinfeld's finances at this point.
He probably got roasted by his Hollywood pals.
That was the weirdest thing when he said that. He rarely punches down or up and he's pretty clean overall.
It's weird because I listened to his episode of smartless (which was years before all of this) and he said the complete opposite there.
I don't understand the vitriol towards him sometimes. Jerry is by all means a traditional comedian. Limited, and arguably probably closer to a Joel Hodgson than a Jerry Lewis.
Part of me actually appreciates that he is able to kind of do what he finds enjoyable, than have a studio try and turn him into something he's not.
Like the post above, Seinfeld has also kept things pretty unremarkable by choice. It's still a little odd to hear him inject himself here.
Part of me actually appreciates that he is able to kind of do what he finds enjoyable, than have a studio try and turn him into something he's not.
Like the post above, Seinfeld has also kept things pretty unremarkable by choice. It's still a little odd to hear him inject himself here.
era is weird about some shit is what I chalk it up to lol
jerry is a legend, made one of the best shows to ever exist, made lots of great shit since then, a well regarded comedian, etc.
in a nutshell what's wrong with social media/things spreading, I'm sure he says a lot of shit in passing and then it gets shared. I've heard him say the same in other appearances/podcasts (Same as you I mean) and I've heard him sometimes express otherwise. All a nothing sandwich.
the vitriol is always weird, people love a pile on on the internet.
He's a fucking piece of shit. He deserves all the vitriol he gets, even if he was involved in one of the best sitcoms ever.
A well deserved "pile on" tbh
Edit: his wife was involved in funding counter protestors who got violent towards the campus protestors against the genocide. And he's a regular supporter of the idf as they continue to terrorize civilians. Fuck him lol
A well deserved "pile on" tbh
Edit: his wife was involved in funding counter protestors who got violent towards the campus protestors against the genocide. And he's a regular supporter of the idf as they continue to terrorize civilians. Fuck him lol