In an interview on Bari Weiss’ podcast, Seinfeld reminisces about the mid-20th century, when masculinity ruled the world.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“We have no sense of hierarchy,” he said. “As humans, we don’t really feel comfortable with that.
That is part of what…if you want to talk about nostalgia, that is part of what makes [the 1960s] attractive looking back.”At this point in the conversation, Seinfeld appears to be just another embittered, rich boomer male comedian, in the same mold as Bill Maher or Billy Crystal.
He often complains about cancel culture, despite centering his standup act around milquetoast observations about airline travel and seedless watermelons.
In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Seinfeld blames the “extreme left” for ruining comedy. “It used to be you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, ‘Oh, Cheers is on, oh, M.A.S.H.