Vince Vaughn Criticizes Late-Night TV for Having Political 'Agenda' (Variety)

[pstokely]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/vince-vaughn-criticizes-night-tv-212415635.html

On a new episode of Theo Von’s podcast “This Past Weekend,” the two got to talking about how comedy has become more political in recent years, with Vaughn saying it’s “part of the job because you’ve got to talk about current events, but you don’t want to become part of a group and feel like you’re a champion for one ideology. You want to make fun of everybody.”

Von said Hollywood is a “liberal place” and Vaughn added an addendum: “But not really. It’s more like, ‘We’re smart and got it figured out, and if you don’t agree then you’re an idiot.'” He continued, “There was definitely a culture that if you didn’t agree with these ideas, you were looked at as bad.”

This attitude, said Von and Vaughn, bled into the late-night TV landscape, plaguing the programs hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and more. (Vaughn and Von did not name names.)

“A lot of the late shows have struggled because … the only person they could make fun of at a certain point was white, redneck kind of people, and then everything tanked after that,” said Von.

[JT45242]

1. Vaughn confirms he is a piece of crap on top of talentless

He opened his mouth and removed all doubt

[RockRaven]

2. Von and Vaughn have a political agenda, and they look at as idiots those who don't agree.

They think they are smart and have it all figured out, and are part of a culture where those that don't agree are bad.

See how easy that shit is to say when you don't have to back it up with empirical evidence/data? Anyone can do it.

Anyway...

The idea that comedy "has gotten more political in recent years" would be surprising to George Carlin or Richard Pryor or Bill Hicks or Paul Mooney or Lenny Bruce.

[Taylor Picker]

9. ...or Dick Gregory, Mort Sahl, the Smothers Brothers, Pat Paulsen, Lilly Tomlin, Tom Lehrer....

Will Rogers...Mark Twain...the jesters in the courts of King James and Charles I... and that guy who got a lot of laughs in the third cave beyond the cliff.

[Shellback Squid]

3. he's the comedic version of rock, nugent, and gutfeld, not good at acting but got lucky with "Swingers"

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Keep talking Vince.

Please share more of your thoughts.

[Cha]

5. OMG.... Vince Vaugh is a Stupid Brainwashed

Idiot. Fucking PEDO Traitor is Destroying the World and he's accusing late night Tv of having a "political agenda"

Rot in Hell, Stupid.

[Skittles]

6. UGH

I didn't realize Vaughn is such a whiny little snowflake.

[oasis]

7. Drunks and uneducated knuckleheads were always

worth a laugh. MAGAs fall in between those two categories.

[ck4829]

8. If you repeat the things conservatives say on TV, there is a chance people will say you are making fun of conservatives

That's not a late night TV-problem, that's a conservative problem.

Kind of like how simply repeating or reposting what Charlie Kirk said and not in a supportive light was enough to get people fired.

Conservatives, especially MAGA-types, open the door to mockery, jokes, and satire of their views simply with their words and actions... are late night TV-hosts NOT supposed to walk through that door?

[City Lights]

10. GFY, Vince. nt

[PeaceWave]

11. There is actually some merit to what Vaughn is saying...

Politics 24/7 isn't "entertainment." For some folks though, that notion is blasphemous.

[Coventina]

12. Washed up has-been says what?

Nobody cares about your opinions, Vince.