Steve Harvey sounded off on cancel tradition, blaming it for his resolution to take a step away from stand-up comedy lately.
The comic has been considerably extra centered on his TV internet hosting work lately, resembling main "Family Feud" and his new ABC present during which he presides as a choose over low-stakes instances, "Judge Steve Harvey." Talking on the Tv Critics Affiliation press tour to advertise the brand new daytime courtroom sequence, Harvey defined that he’s afraid to get again on the standup stage for concern of going through career-ending criticism.
"The only way I can do one more special is if it’s at the end of my television career because it will end my television career," Harvey mentioned (by way of Variety). "We’re in the cancel culture now. No stand-up that is sponsor-driven can say anything he wants to. Chris Rock can’t. Kevin Hart can’t. Cedric the Entertainer can’t. D.L. Hughley can’t. I can go down the list. The only person that can say what they want to say on stage is Dave Chappelle because he’s not sponsor-driven. He’s subscription-driven."
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Steve Harvey revealed that he has no plans to get again on the stand-up stage as a consequence of cancel tradition.
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Harvey was referencing the current controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle over his Netflix particular "The Closer." The comic continues to face immense backlash after he devoted the ultimate third of his sixth particular with the streamer to discussing his gripes with the transgender group and criticism he confronted after talking about them on his fifth particular, "Sticks & Stones." Regardless of the controversy hitting Netflix laborious, the corporate introduced he'll take part within the firm’s new 11-day stand-up comedy competition titled "Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival," in Los Angeles.
Steve Harvey famous that he believes doing a stand-up particular within the age of cancel tradition could be too dangerous with all that he has to lose. He concluded his ideas on the matter by lamenting the influence that he believes "political correctness" has had on the world of comedy.
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Steve Harvey sounded off on cancel tradition.
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"If I had tried to continue as a stand-up, there’s no way I could maintain it," Harvey defined. "Political correctness has killed comedy. Every joke you tell now, it hurts somebody’s feelings. But what people don’t understand about comedians is that a joke has to be about something. It has to be about somebody. We can’t write jokes about puppies all the time. The joke can’t be about bushes all the time. Some of these jokes will have to be about people, because that’s the most interesting topic. So if I come back, I’ll have to wait until I’m done. And I’m not done. I want to do one more. I’ll probably have to call it ‘This Is It.’"
Steve Harvey spoke out towards cancel tradition and its influence on stand-up comedy.
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Regardless of protecting himself off the stand-up stage, Harvey hasn’t been immune from lectures about political correctness. He revealed throughout a recent appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that ABC gave him a speaking to after he known as a person on his courtroom present "stupid" a number of occasions.
"I said, this is the stupidest dude I've ever met and ABC had a little talk with me afterwards because you know, ‘Steve, it's not politically correct to call anybody stupid.’" Harvey informed the host.
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