‘A whole generation of kids’ finds ‘Friends’ offensive: Jennifer Aniston
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“A whole generation of kids now finds Friends offensive”, mentioned Jennifer Aniston who made her identify within the smash-hit 90s sitcom. The actress was selling her new Netflix movie Murder Mystery 2, costarring Adam Sandler, when the subject got here up.
She has been starring in comedies for almost 30 years from the launch of NBC’s Friends in 1994 to the upcoming launch of her newest work Murder Mystery 2.
“Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved,” Aniston advised AFP in Paris. She additional talked about the way it’s a bit tough as of late to be humorous.
“Now it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life,” mentioned Aniston.
She additionally touched upon how a lot the tradition has modified since Friends debuted in 1994.
“There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of Friends and find them offensive,” Aniston said. “There were things that were never intentional and others… well, we should have thought it through – but I don’t think there was a sensitivity like there is now.”
She additional added, “[In the past] you could joke about a bigot and have a laugh – that was hysterical. And it was about educating people on how ridiculous people were. And now we’re not allowed to do that.”
Aniston concluded by saying, “Everybody needs funny! The world needs humour! We can’t take ourselves too seriously. Especially in the United States. Everyone is far too divided.”
The TV sequence’ lack of variety has been within the headlines for some time now. Cast member Lisa Kudrow as soon as mentioned that if the present ever returned or bought rebooted “it would not be an all-white cast.”
All six primary characters on Friends had been white, and it hardly ever featured actors of color in outstanding roles throughout 10 seasons and 236 episodes. Not simply that, among the jokes on the present at the moment are seen to be homophobic or transphobic.
Marta Kauffman, the sitcom’s co-creator, expressed regret in regards to the lack of variety final yr.
She donated $4 million to create the Marta F. Kauffman ’78 Professorship in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. The program will “support a distinguished scholar with a concentration in the study of the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora.”
“Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy,” Kaufman advised the Los Angeles Times. “It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago,” she added.
“A whole generation of kids now finds Friends offensive”, mentioned Jennifer Aniston who made her identify within the smash-hit 90s sitcom. The actress was selling her new Netflix movie Murder Mystery 2, costarring Adam Sandler, when the subject got here up.
She has been starring in comedies for almost 30 years from the launch of NBC’s Friends in 1994 to the upcoming launch of her newest work Murder Mystery 2.
“Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved,” Aniston advised AFP in Paris. She additional talked about the way it’s a bit tough as of late to be humorous.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
“Now it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life,” mentioned Aniston.
She additionally touched upon how a lot the tradition has modified since Friends debuted in 1994.
“There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of Friends and find them offensive,” Aniston said. “There were things that were never intentional and others… well, we should have thought it through – but I don’t think there was a sensitivity like there is now.”
She additional added, “[In the past] you could joke about a bigot and have a laugh – that was hysterical. And it was about educating people on how ridiculous people were. And now we’re not allowed to do that.”
Aniston concluded by saying, “Everybody needs funny! The world needs humour! We can’t take ourselves too seriously. Especially in the United States. Everyone is far too divided.”
The TV sequence’ lack of variety has been within the headlines for some time now. Cast member Lisa Kudrow as soon as mentioned that if the present ever returned or bought rebooted “it would not be an all-white cast.”
All six primary characters on Friends had been white, and it hardly ever featured actors of color in outstanding roles throughout 10 seasons and 236 episodes. Not simply that, among the jokes on the present at the moment are seen to be homophobic or transphobic.
Marta Kauffman, the sitcom’s co-creator, expressed regret in regards to the lack of variety final yr.
She donated $4 million to create the Marta F. Kauffman ’78 Professorship in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. The program will “support a distinguished scholar with a concentration in the study of the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora.”
“Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy,” Kaufman advised the Los Angeles Times. “It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago,” she added.
