Vince Vaughn Criticizes Late-Night TV for Having Political 'Agenda' (Variety) [View all]
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On a new episode of Theo Vons podcast This Past Weekend, the two got to talking about how comedy has become more political in recent years, with Vaughn saying its part of the job because youve got to talk about current events, but you dont want to become part of a group and feel like youre 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. Its more like, Were smart and got it figured out, and if you dont agree then youre an idiot.' He continued, There was definitely a culture that if you didnt 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.