The actor believes there are 'other areas' in which a writer can have 'successful creative endeavors.'
"There is enough range in humor where you don’t have to go scatological and you don’t have to go pulling any divisive cards to get a laugh," he told the Hollywood Reporter in an"There is so much in the world to comment on that is outside the realm of offensiveness. As a writer, you can go to other areas and have successful creative endeavors. Scatological humor is fun. It’s easy laughs.
"Who can be the subject of an impression today? That’s an area of discussion. Can I do my James Brown imitation? He was one of my best friends. I do his voice pretty good. But maybe I shouldn’t anymore."Aykroyd, who once wore blackface in the 1983 movie"Trading Places," has taken a different position than many of his fellow comedic stars.
Most recently, comedian Dave Chappelle refused to be canceled over comments he made about transgender people during his latest standup special on Netflix titled"The Closer."Last month, Netflix employees and others scheduled a walkout in Los Angeles. The focus was to highlight their objections to the comedy special and the company's handling of it.
Netflix ran into a buzz-saw of criticism not only with the special, but also in how internal memos responded to employees' concerns, including co-CEO Ted Sarandos' assertion that"content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm."Sarandos also wrote that Netflix doesn’t allow titles that are"designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe ‘The Closer’ crosses that line.
In an interview last month, Sarandos said he failed to recognize that"a group of our employees was really hurting," asActor Dan Aykroyd while working on the film ‘Ghostbusters II.’
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