@georgetakei I think he is confused about who the culprits are for things getting more boring and vanilla. It isn't "the extreme left", which has no power. It is a smaller and smaller group of corporate execs who are unwilling to take risks. But what the execs are worried about isn't "someone might be offended" as much as "this is different from what we have done before, we are afraid it won't work". So they keep doing the same thing over and over.
@georgetakei I think it's more a case of "extremely not funny". I've never found his comedy to be worth my time. Wouldn't watch his show and definitely won't watch the Netflix movie. The trailer told me everything I needed to know.
Joan Rivers yelled at an audience member with a deaf child for getting up and leaving after she told a joke about deaf people. Talk about not reading the room.
I'll bet he can't get dates he doesn't have to pay for either.
@georgetakei if you are punching down, it's not comedy. If you are punching up, the "extreme left" will cheer it on. Or is he upset that people object to racist, homophobic or body-shaming jokes?
Seinfeld continues to be the funniest guy in politics; and the comments are hilarious.
America has no "extreme left." What passes for leftist in America - the most mild form of democratic socialism - would be considered center-right in any other country.
Jerry Seinfeld has drunk the Kool-Aid. He's reached the point where his most important statement of the day - apart from his brokerage account statement- is, "Get off my penthouse rooftop!"
@georgetakei He's a whiner, just like Bill Maher and John Cleese. There is plenty of amazing comedy being made. If he can't adjust his stuff based on the times, that's his failure. He should just go quietly into the night.
@georgetakei Why is it that people get offended and defensive when someone attacks the extremes of any ideology? Is there something endearing about the "far left" or the "far right"? He didn't say liberals were at fault. He's not my favorite comedian but attacking him for what he said is ridiculous.