Vince Vaughn isn’t a big fan of the late-night talk show trend of recent years when it comes to politics.
The actor and producer appeared on a new episode of Theo Von’s show Last weekend podcast, where he criticized the shows for becoming “the same show” that was “really agenda driven”.
While Vaughn didn’t mention any shows or comedians specifically, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon are some of the current late night hosts who are known to be quite political and criticize President Donald Trump on their own shows.
“A lot of the late shows had difficulties,” Vaughn initially noted. “Because the only people they could make fun of at a certain point were these redneck white people. And it totally failed.” [ratings]”.
the Wedding Crashers The star agreed with the podcast host, adding: “Look, they never get it right. Podcasts have become more popular with less production and fewer writers [and] Fewer employees, because people want authenticity. “I think talk shows, to a large extent, have become agenda-based.”
He continued: “They were preaching to people what they believed, so people rejected it because it didn’t seem real. It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny, and I started to feel like I was in a class I didn’t want to be in.”
Vaughn attributed the late-night show’s low ratings to “all of them.” [becoming] Same show.” However, changing viewing habits and competition from digital platforms also contributed to the significant decline in viewership.
“They all become concerned with their politics and who is good and who is bad.” Couples retreat The actor added. “Imagine sitting next to someone like that on a fucking plane. You’d be like, ‘How do I get out of this fucking seat?’
Vaughn isn’t the first person in Hollywood to criticize comedians for focusing too much on politics. Earlier this year, late-night veteran Conan O’Brien criticized comedians who centered their jokes on anti-Trump and driving angrily rather than comedy.
“I think some comics go down the path of ‘I’ll just say ‘F Trump’ all the time, or that’s their comedy,” he said at an Oxford Union event. “Well, now you’ve been sort of co-opted because you’re so angry. You’ve been lulled into just saying, “F Trump. F Trump. F Trump. Fuck this guy.” I think you have now given up your best weapon, which is being funny, and replaced it with anger.
“Anyone like that would say, ‘Well, things are very serious now. And I don’t need to be funny.'” O’Brien added at the time: “I think, ‘Well, if you’re a comedian, you always have to be funny.'” “You just have to find a way to channel that anger, because good art will always be a perfect weapon against authority, but if you’re just screaming and you’re just angry, you’ve lost your best tools in the toolbox.”
