Posted on 05/26/2021 11:16:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"If you’ve made a joke that’s aged terribly, accept it"
Seth Rogen has shared his thoughts on comedians who have complained about “cancel culture”.
The actor and comedian was asked by Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain whether he thought jokes in his movies might leave people “uncomfortable” today.
“I think there are certain jokes that for sure have not aged well,” Rogen began. “But I think that’s the nature of comedy. I think conceptually those movies are sound and I think there’s a reason they’ve lasted. Jokes are not things that necessarily are built to last.”
Rogen explained he does not see his old jokes as examples of “cancel culture” or “a big deal” in terms of the cultural conversation.
“To me, when I see comedians complaining about this kind of thing, I don’t understand what they’re complaining about,” he continued. “If you’ve made a joke that’s aged terribly, accept it. And if you don’t think it’s aged terribly, then say that.”
He added: “Getting criticism is one of the things that goes along with being an artist, and if you don’t like that, then don’t be a comedian anymore. To me, it’s not worth complaining about to the degree I see other comedians complaining about.”
Reid then asked Rogen whether he had been forced to delete jokes from his Twitter account in the past, to which he said he hadn’t.
“I was never a comedian that made jokes that were truly designed to target groups that were subjugated in some way,” he explained.
“Have we done that without realising it? Definitely. And those things are in our movies and they’re out there, and they’re things that I am more than happy to say that they have not aged well.
“But in my career I’ve never made a joke that’s outwardly horrific in some way, and if you have, I would question why you did that. Saying terrible things is bad, so if you’ve said something terrible, then it’s something you should confront in some way, shape or form. I don’t think that’s ‘cancel culture’, that’s you saying something terrible, if that’s what you’ve done.”
So Seth, when are you going to host the Blazing Saddles movie burning party?
Those who participate in the assault on our freedom with cancel attacks will soon feel the heat when the litigation gears up to make them cough up the money. The blow back will give us our money’s worth.
Calling himself an artist is the first funny thing that fat sack of shit ever said.
Rogen’s single joke is playing a fat stupid pothead.
He’s an asshole
Seth should apologize for the amount of crap he’s put on movie screens the last ten years he hasn’t had a funny movie since Pineapple Express
SethIdiot is about to be cancelled himself, this is why he has taken the lead on this BS trope.
His jokes weren’t funny before they started aging.
Let’s cancel him and see if he changes his mind :D
In Seth’s case the free market does a great job of cancelling washed-up losers like him and “Ellen” Page.
Getting criticism is one of the things that goes along with being an artist, and if you don’t like that, then don’t be a comedian anymore. To me, it’s not worth complaining about to the degree I see other comedians complaining about.
I dare him to go to a university and do a standup act.
I bet he ends up sounding like the former prince known as Harry and sounds all weaselly.
In twenty years saying something ‘horrible’ about Trump supporters will be considered ‘offensive’...
Victim status is a moving target.
the nature of comedy?
seriesly, Seth?
Nothing funny has come out of HollyWeed since idiots like you and Carrey arrived on scene. (watch me get ‘canceled’ as some here will argue otherwise.)
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