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Jerry Seinfeld's Blunt Take on Diversity in Comedy: 'Who Cares?'
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| February 4, 2014
| Dave Nemetz
Posted on 02/05/2014 12:14:13 PM PST by grundle
According to Jerry Seinfeld, comedy and political correctness don't mix.
The "Seinfeld" star had some surprisingly blunt things to say about the perceived lack of diversity on his shows in a chat with BuzzFeed and CBS News.
In the clip above, the host brings up the fact that most of the guests Seinfeld has had on his Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," have been white males. Seinfeld is clearly uncomfortable with the line of questioning, muttering, "Oh, this really pisses me off."
He continues, "People think it's the census or something? Does this [have to] represent the actual pie chart of America? Who cares? Funny is the world I live in. If you're funny, I'm interested. If you're not funny, I'm not interested. And I have no interest in race or gender or anything like that."
Seinfeld then takes a shot at "everyone else [who] is calculating, 'Is this the exact right mix?' To me, it's anti-comedy. It's more about P.C. nonsense than 'Are you making us laugh or not?'"
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To: youngidiot
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:36:38 PM PST
by
xone
To: FredZarguna
Not that there is anything wrong with that...
To: FredZarguna
Hey, you talkin’ to me! [Cuban accent]
To: xone
I would describe him as an expert commenting on comedy, not as a rich, white guy commenting on it.
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:51:22 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
To: FredZarguna
Don’t forget the episode that’s never shown, The Puerto Rican Day.
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:57:24 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Resolute Conservative
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:01:17 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: ansel12
He surely isn't an expert in irony in that he is being pilloried by the same thought police that he, by virtue of being a rich white guy, helped create and continues to sustain via the political contributions he makes and the pols he supports. The only popular thing he avoided was being accused of being rich.
Had he not been Seinfeld, not as a rich, white guy, that would have been next.
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:05:53 PM PST
by
xone
To: Moonman62
I also forgot about the “You not wearing the ribbon? You got to wear the ribbon!”
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:13:09 PM PST
by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
To: xone
Maybe they just don’t like rich Jewish comedians.
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:18:35 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
To: grundle
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:28:11 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: ansel12
Or just the Jewish part. All arising from his support of the people that brought us the thought police.
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:36:46 PM PST
by
xone
To: grundle
Seinfeld is clearly uncomfortable with the line of questioning, muttering, "Oh, this really pisses me off."It doesn't sound like he's uncomfortable. It sounds like he's angry at the stupidity of the question. And rightly so.
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posted on
02/05/2014 1:41:38 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: grundle
I don't know who this person is and why I should care.
This is sarcasm.
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posted on
02/05/2014 2:03:37 PM PST
by
Oratam
To: grundle
What Seinfeld is seeing is the death of comedy. Would The Dean Martin Roasts be allowed on TV today, no. Would CBS put All In The Family on today, no. Would HBO show the Andrew Dice Clay special in the year 2014, hell no.
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posted on
02/05/2014 3:50:15 PM PST
by
gusty
To: xone
Easy to say if you're a rich white guy. Oh. So, you're criticizing what he said?
Rich, white guys' opinions are suspect because they're, um, rich, white guys?
Or is your amazing subtlety escaping me?
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posted on
02/05/2014 4:27:46 PM PST
by
BfloGuy
( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
> the host brings up the fact that most of the guests Seinfeld has had on his Web series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” have been white males.
Keep voting for the Demagogic Party, Jerry.
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posted on
02/05/2014 7:31:36 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: BfloGuy
Or is your amazing subtlety escaping me? Apparently, #27
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posted on
02/05/2014 9:10:10 PM PST
by
xone
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