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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Disagrees With Jerry Seinfeld’s Political Correctness Take


The star of Veep seems more qualified to talk about political correctness in comedy than the man behind the Pop-Tarts movie.

I don’t know how else to say it.” In a follow-up interview eleven days later, the actress elaborated further on the subject, adding, “My feeling about all of it is that political correctness, insofar as it equates to tolerance, is obviously fantastic. And of course I reserve the right to boo anyone who says anything that offends me, while also respecting their right to free speech, right?” Instead, she continued, the true threat to creative voice in her opinion is the “consolidation of money and power” in Hollywood. As the funnier and edgier Seinfeld alum, Louis-Dreyfus (after seven seasons of Veep) seems far more qualified to talk about political correctness in comedy than the man behind the Pop-Tarts movie.

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