“You couldn’t make that today.” This is a refrain many have heard since the wave of political correctness swept over the cultural landscape in the early 1990s. Changing tastes and sensitivities will always make certain things that came before seem crass and offensive by new standards, and comedy is almost always the canon fodder on the front lines. Many Seinfeld episodes have been brought up recently in this vein as the show is in heavy syndication across cable and broadcast as well as one of the best-performing titles on Netflix.Although there are numerous episodes of Seinfeld that people claim couldn’t be made today, the truth is most could be tweaked or could simply just, in fact, actually be made today. All but one. One episode was lambasted in its day and it was even taken out of syndication for a while. Is someone watching Seinfeld’s daily marathons on television? They will never see it. Same with the evening and late-night broadcast reruns. In fact, if someone wants to see Season 9, Episode 20, “The Puerto Rican Day,” they’ll have to pony up for Netflix or plunk down cash for the DVD set.RELATED: The 15 Most Disliked Sitcom Characters
“You couldn’t make that today.” This is a refrain many have heard since the wave of political correctness swept over the cultural landscape in the early 1990s. Changing tastes and sensitivities will always make certain things that came before seem crass and offensive by new standards, and comedy is almost always the canon fodder on the front lines. Many Seinfeld episodes have been brought up recently in this vein as the show is in heavy syndication across cable and broadcast as well as one of the best-performing titles on Netflix.
Although there are numerous episodes of Seinfeld that people claim couldn’t be made today, the truth is most could be tweaked or could simply just, in fact, actually be made today. All but one. One episode was lambasted in its day and it was even taken out of syndication for a while. Is someone watching Seinfeld’s daily marathons on television? They will never see it. Same with the evening and late-night broadcast reruns. In fact, if someone wants to see Season 9, Episode 20, “The Puerto Rican Day,” they’ll have to pony up for Netflix or plunk down cash for the DVD set.
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