Julia Louis-Dreyfus Calls ‘Bullsh*t’ on Idea Comics Can’t Be Funny
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is doubling down on her recent comments about political correctness and comedy, directly contradicting her longtime friend and collaborator Jerry Seinfeld’s controversial take.
In a new interview on the On With Kara Swisher podcast, Louis-Dreyfus said the idea that comedy has somehow suffered because of political correctness is “bullshit.” Without addressing Seinfeld’s point’s specifically, the Veep star alluded to the discourse he enflamed by saying, “I think there’s a lot of talk about how comics can’t be funny now,” adding, “I think that’s bullshit. Physical comedy and intellectual comedy and political comedy, I think, has never been more interesting, because there’s so much to do.”
Louis-Dreyfus’ comments come after Seinfeld’s April interview with The New Yorker, during which he said there’s no “funny stuff” to watch on TV anymore as a “result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.” According to Seinfeld, people would rather “see standup comics because we are not policed by anyone.” Louis-Dreyfus first gave her contradicting take in her June NYT profile, where she said, “I think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing.”