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The Bear? A Comedy?

Somebody please explain to me how ‘The Bear’ is a comedy? It’s received a pile of Emmy nominations as a comedy? Another ‘comedy’ that’s actually a drama is ‘Only Murders in the Building.’ It’s not a funny show. It’s a couple of comedians playing straight roles in a murder mystery.

Has Hollywood forgotten that a comedy is supposed to make the audience laugh? They appear to have no sense of what funny is. Have to wonder if that’s because so much of what funny used to be is now politically incorrect? Like Foster Brooks? Funny, funny guy, but he’d never work in contemporary Hollywood. Same for Dean Martin. He’d be banned from the air.

It’s amazing Seinfeld, hasn’t been cancelled, as Kramer, brilliantly portrayed by Michael Richards, was clearly dealing with a bucket-full of serious issues and may have been on the spectrum. Which is what made his character so funny. Are you telling me George Costanza, wasn’t overwhelmed by psychological problems?

People are now so worried about offending others, that in some cases they won’t even discuss what is or isn’t politically correct, and why – because it’s politically incorrect to do so. Somebody might be offended.