The 70-year-old 'Seinfeld' alum candidly discussed on television report 'People' how the current political climate has restricted the creative process for many comedians.
The actor told 'The New Yorker', "Nothing really trumps comedy. People always need it. They need it very badly, and they don't get it."
According to People, Seinfeld elaborated that "most people" will go home at the end of the day to watch comedy on television."That's all you hoped, we could watch some funny stuff on TV tonight, well, guess what
, This is extreme leftism and PC. "is the result of bullshit and people worrying so much about hurting other people," he said.
Seinfeld said the public has now gravitated towards stand-up comics "because nobody's controlling us."
“The audience controls us,” he said.
"We know when we're going off track. We know right away, and we adjust to it right away, but when you write a script and it goes through four or five different hands-on committees, groups of goes near
'Here are our thoughts about this joke.'Well, that's the end of your comedy."
When asked if the same applied to his 'Seinfeld' co-creator Larry David and his HBO series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', Seinfeld suggested that "Larry was grandfathered in".
"He's so old
Seinfeld commented, 'I don't have to follow those rules, because you started making them before you even made them.'
For example, the comedian recalled an episode of 'Seinfeld' with a story that probably wouldn't work today, saying, "We did an episode of the series in the nineties where Kramer talked to homeless people. decided to start a rickshaw-pulling business because, as he says, 'they're out anyway.' Do you think I'll be able to air that episode today?"
He said, "Today we'll write a different joke with Kramer and Rickshaw.We won't write that joke. We will come up with another joke."
The actor told 'The New Yorker', "Nothing really trumps comedy. People always need it. They need it very badly, and they don't get it."
According to People, Seinfeld elaborated that "most people" will go home at the end of the day to watch comedy on television."That's all you hoped, we could watch some funny stuff on TV tonight, well, guess what
, This is extreme leftism and PC. "is the result of bullshit and people worrying so much about hurting other people," he said.
Seinfeld said the public has now gravitated towards stand-up comics "because nobody's controlling us."
“The audience controls us,” he said.
"We know when we're going off track. We know right away, and we adjust to it right away, but when you write a script and it goes through four or five different hands-on committees, groups of goes near
'Here are our thoughts about this joke.'Well, that's the end of your comedy."
When asked if the same applied to his 'Seinfeld' co-creator Larry David and his HBO series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', Seinfeld suggested that "Larry was grandfathered in".
"He's so old
Seinfeld commented, 'I don't have to follow those rules, because you started making them before you even made them.'
For example, the comedian recalled an episode of 'Seinfeld' with a story that probably wouldn't work today, saying, "We did an episode of the series in the nineties where Kramer talked to homeless people. decided to start a rickshaw-pulling business because, as he says, 'they're out anyway.' Do you think I'll be able to air that episode today?"
He said, "Today we'll write a different joke with Kramer and Rickshaw.We won't write that joke. We will come up with another joke."
