{"id":103702,"date":"2024-06-10T21:06:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/julia-louis-dreyfus-addresses-jerry-seinfelds-comments-about-political-correctness-killing-comedy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T21:06:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:06:41","slug":"julia-louis-dreyfus-addresses-jerry-seinfelds-comments-about-political-correctness-killing-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/julia-louis-dreyfus-addresses-jerry-seinfelds-comments-about-political-correctness-killing-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Louis-Dreyfus Addresses Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s Comments About Political Correctness Killing Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/julia-louis-dreyfus\/\" title=\"Julia Louis Dreyfus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Julia Louis-Dreyfus<\/strong><\/a> is not in agreement with her former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/seinfeld\/\" title=\"Seinfeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Seinfeld<\/em><\/strong><\/a> co-star.<\/p>\n<p>The actress responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jerry-seinfeld\/\" title=\"Jerry Seinfeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jerry Seinfeld<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s comments recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/news\/jerry-seinfeld-comedy-pc-culture-rcna150140\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/news\/jerry-seinfeld-comedy-pc-culture-rcna150140&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making headlines<\/a> after saying that \u201cfunny stuff\u201d doesn\u2019t exist on television anymore because of \u201cextreme left and PC crap and people worry so much about offending other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia<\/strong> responded to that take in an interview with the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/08\/magazine\/julia-louis-dreyfus-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/08\/magazine\/julia-louis-dreyfus-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> published over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2030617\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I hear people starting to complain about political correctness \u2014 and I understand why people might push back on it \u2014 but to me that\u2019s a red flag, because it sometimes means something else,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing. I don\u2019t know how else to say it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She agreed that looking back on shows from 30 years ago through today\u2019s lens, \u201cyou might find bits and pieces that don\u2019t age well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing. It doesn\u2019t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result,\u201d she went on to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy feeling about all of it is that political correctness, insofar as it equates to tolerance, is obviously fantastic. And of course I reserve the right to boo anyone who says anything that offends me, while also respecting their right to free speech, right?\u201d she added in a follow-up interview.<\/p>\n<p>She added that in her opinion a bigger problem and threat to art is \u201cthe consolidation of money and power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this siloing of studios and outlets and streamers and distributors \u2014 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for the creative voice. So that\u2019s what I want to say in terms of the threat to art,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/11\/14\/the-top-10-richest-comedians-of-all-time-ranked-from-lowest-to-highest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who are the richest comedians of all time, ranked.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/06\/10\/julia-louis-dreyfus-addresses-jerry-seinfelds-comments-about-political-correctness-killing-comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julia Louis-Dreyfus is not in agreement with her former Seinfeld co-star. The actress responded to Jerry Seinfeld\u2018s comments recently, making headlines after saying that \u201cfunny stuff\u201d doesn\u2019t exist on television anymore because of \u201cextreme left and PC crap and people worry so much about offending other people.\u201d Julia responded to that take in an interview [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}