David Bridges
Julia Louis-Dreyfus disagrees along with her former costar Jerry Seinfeld on comedy turning too politically right — saying that stance normally set off alarm bells for her.
The actress sat down for an interview with the New York Instances printed Saturday the place they requested her about remarks her longtime pal Jerry Seinfeld made … when he known as out the “excessive left” for ruining comedic tv.
JLD says she’s not consistent with Seinfeld one bit … saying sure comedies and dramas from years in the past simply do not work underneath trendy scrutiny anymore — and, being delicate to that altering style is not an issue.
Louis-Dreyfus provides, “After I hear individuals beginning to complain about political correctness — and I perceive why individuals may push again on it — however to me that’s a pink flag, as a result of it generally means one thing else. I imagine being conscious of sure sensitivities isn’t a foul factor. I don’t know the way else to say it.”
4/26/24
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Value noting … Julia would not namedrop Jerry right here — however the interviewer talked about Seinfeld within the query, so it is a fairly direct contradiction with what Seinfeld mentioned in April.
Julia expanded on her ideas in a distinct a part of the interview — carried out 11 days after her preliminary feedback — increasing extra on how individuals’s viewpoints have modified which has led to extra sensitivity in direction of the emotions of others.
BTW … Julia’s a reasonably hardcore Democrat — even internet hosting the DNC for an occasion a couple of years in the past, so it is sensible she’s not upset with all P.C. attitudes towards comedy.
We have reached out to Jerry’s workforce … to this point, no phrase again.
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