Jennifer Aniston says ‘Friends’ offensive to ‘a whole generation of kids’ – National
It’s with a brutally honest actor: friend Star Jennifer Aniston is the latest celebrity to discuss the difficulties of working in comedy and making a decidedly more sensitive modern audience laugh.
Aniston, who has worked in film and comedy for nearly 30 years, told French news agency AFP, trickyTo produce a comedy, because you have to be “very careful.” She said this was particularly troubling because “the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves and make fun of life.”
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Aniston, 54, lamented her past and said: And it was about educating people on how ridiculous they were. “
She used her role as Rachel Green in the 1990s sitcom friend As an example of how the audience has evolved over the years.
“A whole generation of people, children are now going back to the past episode. friend And I feel uncomfortable with them,” she said.
Aniston accused it of being offensive, “never on purpose” and a combination of program elements that were simply ill-conceived.
friend, A comedy about six young people in New York City, it has long been criticized for its lack of diversity. All of the show’s major characters are white. Actors of color appeared sparsely in brief cameo roles, but the show’s most prominent non-white actor, Aisha Tyler (who played Charlie Wheeler) Nine episode.
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Some of my friend’s jokes are also labeled transphobia again homophobia.
Sitcom co-creator Marta Kaufman said last year,embarrassedFelt guilty about lack of diversity friend.
“It’s hard to look at yourself in the mirror. It’s embarrassing because I didn’t know 25 years ago,” Kaufman told the Los Angeles Times.
friend It ran from 1994 to 2004. most profitable The sitcom ever made has reportedly brought in US$1.4 billion since its first debut.
As a result of increased sensitivity, Aniston said there is less comedy than there was decades ago.
“Everyone needs funny! The world needs humor!” she said. “We can’t take it too seriously, especially in the United States. Everyone is too divided.”
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Many popular comedians have already complained about producing comedy in the post-awakening era.
Still, Aniston charges. In her recent comedy, Murder Mystery 2Aniston plays Audrey Spitz, a detective who solves the case of a kidnapped billionaire with her partner Nick (played by Adam Sandler). Murder Mystery 2 will stream on Netflix on Fridays.
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