Anti-PC comedy trailblazer Jerry Seinfeld recently shared some thoughts on the state of comedy today, and he’s taken a very “kids these days” stance. Speaking with ESPN’s Colin Cowherd, Seinfeld addressed the fact that he doesn’t perform at college campuses because they’re too obsessed with political correctness, which in turn hurts comedy as a whole:
I don’t play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me, “Don’t go near colleges, they’re so PC.” I’ll give you an example: My daughter’s 14. My wife says to her, “Well you know, in the next couple years, I think maybe you’re going to want to be hanging around the city more on the weekends so you can see boys.” You know what my daughter says? She says, “That’s sexist.” … They just want to use these words: “That’s racist,” “That’s sexist,” “That’s prejudice.” They don’t even know what the f—k they’re talking about. Does it hurt comedy? Yes it does. Yes it does.
Listen to an excerpt from the interview below:
