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Julia Louis-Dreyfus is responding to her former co-star Jerry Seinfeld's recent comments criticizing political correctness in comedy. In recent months, Seinfeld made headlines for saying that TV comedy has suffered due to "the extreme left and PC crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people." Speaking to the New York Times Louis-Dreyfus said, "I think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing. It doesn't mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result. When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness — and I understand why people might push back on it — but to me that's a red flag, because it sometimes means something else…"
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00:00Julia Louis-Dreyfus is responding to her former co-star Jerry Seinfeld's recent comments
00:05criticizing political correctness in comedy.
00:08In recent months, Seinfeld made headlines for saying that TV comedy has suffered due to the
00:13extreme left and PC crap and people worrying so much about offending other people.
00:19Louis-Dreyfus played Elaine on Seinfeld, the beloved sitcom created by Jerry Seinfeld and
00:24Larry David. Speaking to the New York Times, she said,
00:26I think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing. It doesn't mean that all comedy
00:31goes out the window as a result. When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness,
00:36and I understand my people might push back on it, but to me that's a red flag because it sometimes
00:40means something else. She later elaborated and equated political correctness to tolerance.
00:45And of course, I reserve the right to boo anyone who says anything that offends me,
00:49while also respecting their right to free speech, right? But the bigger problem,
00:53and I think the true threat to art and the creation of art is the consolidation of money
00:57and power. When asked about whether new sensitivities make comedy better, the actress said,
01:03I can't judge if it's better or not. I just know that the lens through which we create art today,
01:08and I'm not going to just specify it to comedy, it's also drama. It's a different lens.
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