What’s that? Did comedian Jerry Seinfeld really answer “Who cares?” when asked about diversity in comedy? Gawker reports that Seinfeld reacted with frustration when asked on “CBS This Morning” why his web series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” features so many white men.
“Funny is the world that I live in. You’re funny, I’m interested. You’re not funny, I’m not interested,” Seinfeld told BuzzFeed business editor Peter Lauria. “I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that.”
So what’s the fuss? As Gawker’s Kyle Chayka writes, Seinfeld “seems to suggest that any comedian who is not a white male is also not funny.”
https://twitter.com/mcmoynihan/status/430539700315508737
That’s a good point. It’s not at all what he said.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/430534447356997632
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/430540701768900608
@andylevy @mcmoynihan "ALL WHITE MEN!" — Gawker employee
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 4, 2014
@mcmoynihan I think the odds are pretty good in the "Who could care less what Gawker thinks" competition, Seinfeld will be hard to beat.
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) February 4, 2014
Another day, another Lefty moral panic. Now Gawker wants to destroy Jerry Seinfeld over pretend racism. http://t.co/AJrjD4qn5G
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/430533296620339201
Gawker getting upset over Jerry Seinfeld’s comments is ridiculous. He’s right: race and gender don’t matter in comedy. COMEDY does.
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) February 4, 2014
Seinfeld: “I only care if people are funny. I don’t look at race/gender to decide that.”
Gawker: “Seinfeld thinks only white men are funny”
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) February 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/430534391052644352
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/430534688441384960
Gawker goes full MSNBC about Jerry Seinfeld. You never go full MSNBC. http://t.co/BXwLtsOoYQ
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/430546342528974848
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/430549790896951296
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