Summary
- TV comedy is on the decline due to extreme left and P.C. influence, according to Jerry Seinfeld.
- The comedian criticizes script committee interference and praises freedom stand-up comedy allows.
- Seinfeld also expressed disillusionment with traditional movie-making process, calling film industry “over.”
Jerry Seinfeld has followed up on his “State of the Movie Industry” address by sharing his thoughts on a decline in TV comedy, which he says is all because of the “extreme left and P.C. crap.” The actor and Seinfeld creator has been outspoken on a number of topics as he promotes his upcoming Pop Tarts movie, Unfrosted, and during an appearance on the New Yorker Radio Hour, it was the subject of TV comedy – or the lack thereof – that was getting Seinfeld’s goat.
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- Cast
- Rachael Harris , Melissa McCarthy , Hugh Grant , James Marsden , Christian Slater , Dan Levy , Jerry Seinfeld , Maria Bakalova , amy schumer , Bill Burr , Max Greenfield , Fred Armisen , Jack McBrayer
- Runtime
- 1hr 33min
- Writers
- Spike Feresten , Barry Marder , Andy Robin
- Studio
- Columbus 81 Productions, Netflix Studios
After sharing his memories of how there was once a time when people would rush home to watch shows like Cheers, M.A.S.H. and All in the Family, he now believes that those times are well and truly over. He said:
“Where is it? Where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap and people worrying so much about offending other people. When you write a script, and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups – ‘Here’s our thought about this joke’ – well, that’s the end of your comedy. With certain comedians now, people are having fun with them stepping over the line, and us all laughing about it. But again, it’s the stand-ups that really have the freedom to do it because no one else gets the blame if it doesn’t go down well. He or she can take all the blame [themselves.]”
Jerry Seinfeld Shared his View That ‘Film is Finished’
Although Jerry Seinfeld is currently promoting Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, which he directed, co-wrote, and stars in, he has almost as jaded a view on the movie industry as he does on TV comedy. While speaking to GQ, he revealed his thoughts on the madness of stepping into the world of film for his latest venture, saying:
“It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work. They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.
“Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked.”
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Hugh Grant Says Arguing with Jerry Seinfeld Got Overblown & Bridget Jones 4 Is ‘Incredibly Moving’
The actor unpacks his working relationship with Jerry Seinfeld in Unfrosted and how he ended up crying in public while reading Bridget Jones 4.
Whether Unfrosted will become one of those movies that is frequently quoted is something that we will soon find out, as the movie debuts on Netflix later this week. Along with Seinfeld, the movie stars a who’s who of comedy stars and big Hollywood names with Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer and Hugh Grant leading a cast of many bit players who have no more than a brief cameo such as Peter Dinklage, James Marsden, Dean Norris, Max Greenfield, Maria Bakalova, Fred Armisen, Jon Hamm and many more.
Catch
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
on Netflix from May 2.
