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Why Seth Rogen Thinks ‘Comedy Is Harder Than It Used to Be” Is a Lame Excuse · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Some comedians and pundits have recently argued
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  Speaker 1: that comedy is harder to pull off these days because
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  Speaker 1: of society becoming too sensitive, but Seth Rogan says that's
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  Speaker 1: nothing but a weak and lazy excuse for people who
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  Speaker 1: aren't up to the task. Telling Esquire, the complaint that
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  Speaker 1: comedy is harder than it used to be is not
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  Speaker 1: a valid complaint. Maybe it was too easy before, and
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  Speaker 1: why should it be easy? Why shouldn't it be hard?
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  Speaker 1: I like that my job is hard because I'm trying
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  Speaker 1: to do something that requires a huge amount of resources
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  Speaker 1: and people's time and energy. What do you wish you
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  Speaker 1: could say? What do you feel has been taken from you?
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  Speaker 1: I constantly meet teenagers who love super Bad, and none
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  Speaker 1: of them are offended. That's Seth Rogen on the current
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  Speaker 1: state of comedy. His new series The Studio debuts March
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  Speaker 1: twenty six on Apple TV Plus. That's direct from Hollywood.