So, ‘Seinfeld’ needs fixing and ‘Bee Movie’ is too sexual? There’s nothing worse than when a celebrity makes quality movies or TV shows and then years later accuses it of being offensive and apologizes for it or says that they would change it to fit a political narrative. It’s convenient and diminishes the creative intent of the original product. On two separate occasions this past week, Jerry Seinfeld has done just that. On the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Seinfeld apologized for perceived uncomfortable romantic undertones in his 2007 animated movie ‘Bee Movie’ between his bee character Barry B. Benson and the human florist Vanessa Bloome.
“I apologize for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect of the Bee Movie,” he began. “[It] really was not intentional, but after it came out, I realized this is really not appropriate for children. Because the bee seems to have a thing for the girl, and we don’t really want to pursue that as an idea in children’s entertainment.”
Who cares? It wasn’t like this movie was a blockbuster when it came out…it didn’t even make a profit. So why does Seinfeld feel the need to make excuses and apologize for something that no one talks about? Sure there were memes and jokes made of the movie, but it was never front page news or something the social media mob was clamoring for. But, as a result of Seinfeld randomly bringing it up on The Tonight Show, it has become news and the typical leftist cronies like Entertainment Weekly, the Daily Beast, etc have all come out since, exasperating a sigh of relief that Seinfeld has finally admitted to the sexual undertones in the movie. Maybe Seinfeld brought it up because all nine seasons of ‘Seinfeld’ are debuting on Netflix in a new 4k restoration and he needed some gratuitous attention.
Seinfeld Would Fix Some Episodes of ‘Seinfeld’ if Forced To
In addition to apologizing for ‘Bee Movie’, Jerry Seinfeld, in an article from Deadline by Bruce Haring, said that he would love to have a crack at some of the ‘Seinfeld’ episodes and “fix” them.
“There’s a number of them that I would love to have a crack at, but I don’t really believe, philosophically, in changing or even thinking about the past. My philosophy of life is that [it] happened the way it happened, and we’re going to go from here. And that’s the best way to … live. I think regret is a philosophical position that I disagree with. It kind of assumes you could have changed the past, so I wouldn’t even think of that. But if you forced me or you gave me a time machine, yeah, there’s a few — I would fix some things.”
One can only assume Seinfeld is trying to be politically correct here and give a nod to the identity politics crowd by talking out of both sides of his mouth. ‘Seinfeld’ was made 32 years ago and made in a time where people didn’t get offended by everything and anything that crossed their paths. People were a lot more tolerable and realized that jokes were jokes where no offense was taken and was brushed off. So, on one hand Seinfeld says he would fix some of the episodes, but on the other says he doesn’t believe in change. Then why bring it up or better yet…don’t bring it up at all. Well, at least there’s a glimmer of hope in Jerry Seinfeld’s safe comment…right? ‘Seinfeld’ was one of the best produced sitcoms ever made and I wouldn’t change one thing about it. Did it cross a line from time to time…yes, but that’s what made ‘Seinfeld’ great. It pushed the humor envelope and didn’t take itself too seriously. If people are suddenly offended today by some of ‘Seinfeld’s’ content then they don’t have to watch it. It was unnecessary and selfish for Jerry Seinfeld to bring up that he would fix some of the episodes in ‘Seinfeld’. ‘Seinfeld’ was perfect from beginning to end and needs to be left alone. Giving the social media mob an excuse to come after your show invites unnecessary hallow criticism and only inflames a cancel culture that is steadily destroying and erasing beloved franchises.
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