It's Complicated

摘要

BIN 2015, JERRY SEINFELD SAID political correctness was ruining comedy. "To me, it's anti-comedy," he told ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd. And Seinfeld is not alone: The sentiment has been echoed by top comics-male (Chris Rock, Gilbert Gottfried, John Cleese) and female (Lisa Lampanelli). Judd Apatow does not agree. "I find that to be one of the fun challenges of working right now," says the director of the feature comedies Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. "I don't look at it like, 'Oh no, they are shutting us down.' I see it as a call to be smart, clever and sensitive-to see if you can do your thing really well in an evolving environment." Case in point: Season 3, Episode 4 of Crashing, airing February 10 on HBO. The show, which Apatow executive produces, is a semi-autobiographical account of squeaky-clean comedian Pete Holmes's foray into the pull-no-punches New York stand-up scene. Episode 4, titled "MC, Middle, Headliner," features Holmes performing at a corporate comedy club in New Jersey with his ex-girlfriend Ali (played by Jamie Lee), who MCs, and an older comic, Jason (Dov Davidoff), who headlines.