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And for Seinfeld, of all people, to say something that is so... dumb.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is essentially Seinfeld on crack. You have a cast of bad people with little redeeming qualities who are actively becoming worse people. And it's a massive hit that's been running longer than Seinfeld's own show.
In addition, what the hell, man? You are the cleanest, most white bread standup I've ever seen. I paid to see you do a ten minute bit on raisins that killed. You do not DO edgy comedy, so shut the fuck up.
And let's not forget about the guy who made the Seinfeld show what it was had an amazing run with his own show Curb your enthusiasm.
Not quite as spicy as Always Sunny but certainly had more punch that Seinfeld.
The common thread is it is hilarious to make the terrible people the butts of the jokes, not the minorities. It also helps running with some aspects as a joke (Mack's closeted gay in Sunny) and having them pay out emotionaly.
Being gay is not the joke like before "PC", the repression of it, the forced toxic masculinity is. But I guess that's a bit harder than kicking down so some conservative comedies are just crying they can't just do it like before.
Since when was comedy, especially edgy comedy, about doing the same thing as before? What happened to pushing the envelope?
Who wants the hear the same tired old jokes? Innovate or make space for new voices.