Julia Louis-Dreyfus said, “When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness ... but to me that’s a red flag.'
The 63-year-old actress said she sees it as a “red flag” when people complain about political correctness but understands why some people might push back on it.“Your former co-star Jerry Seinfeld recently made news for talking about political correctness in comedy,” the interviewer said in the conversation with the actress. “I’m wondering, as a“If you look back on comedy and drama both, let’s say 30 years ago, through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces that don’t age well.
“All this siloing of studios and outlets and streamers and distributors — I don’t think it’s good for the creative voice. So that’s what I want to say in terms of the threat to art,” she added.While answering another question about sensitivity in comedy, the iconic TV star said that the lens through which not just comedy, but any art is created has changed.
“It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, “Oh, ‘Cheers’ is on. Oh, ‘M*A*S*H’ is on. Oh, ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ is on. ‘All in the Family’ is on.” You just expected, there’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight,” he told the outlet. “Well, guess what — where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.
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