"Political correctness and extreme left policies are making television comedy extinct" says Jerry Seinfeld. "Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. It used to be you could go home and watch 'Cheers', or 'MASH', or 'All in the Family'. There would be some funny stuff to watch. It's gone. This is the result of the extreme left and PC crap and people worrying so much about offending other people."
"There was an episode of 'Seinfeld' where Kramer decides to start a business of having homeless people pull rickshaws because, 'They're outside anyway', could that episode be aired on TV today?" Seinfeld says.
In culture, the acceptance gates are always moving, Comedy however should move the gates. Seinfeld went on to say that "standups have the freedom to cross the line because TV networks and movies do not want to ruffle feathers." Regarding the movie industry, he says, "film does not have social, cultural significance it once did."
He is right on all counts. PC and extreme left policies have permeated our culture in an exclusionary way to its detriment. We need to get back to complete freedom in all of the arts.
Seinfeld is currently promoting his upcoming Netflix film, 'Unfrosted', which will stream beginning on May 3rd.
By: Jim Lavorato, Entertainment Equipment Corp.
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