Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld thinks he knows what ruined TV comedy.
Seinfeld — co-creator and star of “Seinfeld,” considered one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. In an interview with the New Yorker magazine Political correctness and the “far left” have ruined comedy television.
“There’s nothing that has a huge impact on comedy. People always need comedy. They need it so much and they don’t understand it,” Seinfeld said.
“It used to be that most people would go home at the end of the day and say, ‘Oh, ‘Cheers’ is on, oh, ‘M*A*S*H’ is on, oh, Mary Tyler. ” “Moore” is on. “All in the Family” is on. I was just hoping that I would see something interesting on TV tonight. Well, guess what? where is it? ” he continued.
“This is the result of the far left and PC shitty people and people being so worried about hurting other people,” Seinfeld declared.
If progressivism ruined television comedy, Seinfeld believes the same forces are behind stand-up comedy’s renaissance.
“Now they’re going to watch stand-up comics because we’re not being policed,” said Seinfeld, himself a stand-up comedian. “The audience watches us. We know when we’re going off track. We know quickly and adapt to it quickly.”
That’s the big difference between stand-up comedy and television, he explained. Stand-up comedians receive direct feedback from the audience, whereas Hollywood writers, directors, and producers control the script. And throughout the production process, it’s inevitable that someone somewhere will be offended by a particular joke.
Ironically, networks like HBO understand that people like “uncomfortable” content, Seinfeld said.
“But they’re not smart enough to figure out, ‘How do we do this? Should we endure the heat or is it not fun?'” he explained. “And they decided, ‘We’re not going to do comedy anymore.'”
Fortunately, Seinfeld believes there is a “slight movement” away from the PC-centric culture that has dominated entertainment for much of the past two decades.
“Right now, certain comedians are stepping out of line and having fun, and we’re all laughing at it,” he said. “But again, it’s the stand-up who actually has the freedom to do that, because no one else is to blame if it doesn’t work out. He or she takes all the blame on themselves. You can pay for it.”
Seinfeld is trying to bring legitimate comedy back to television. His latest film, “Unfrosted,” which depicts the origins of Pop-Tarts, will be released on May 3rd.
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