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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