Jennifer Aniston is a surprisingly sharp cultural critic. Remember last year when she candidly observed there are "no more movie stars" in Hollywood, that a sort of golden era of Hollywood stardom had come and gone?
It takes a lot to speak so openly about your own profession. It also takes some bravery to criticize the woke mind virus, which she's pretty much doing right here this week:
Aniston said the culture had changed dramatically since the days of "Friends" in the 1990s.
"There's a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of 'Friends' and find them offensive.
"There were things that were never intentional and others... well, we should have thought it through -- but I don't think there was a sensitivity like there is now."
Me when a mainstream A-list movie star criticizes woke culture:
She's right. And you have to sort of admire this woman for trying to find a tactful way to say what she's basically saying, which is: "Young kids these days are too idiotically oversensitive about everything and they need to calm down."
Because that's absolutely what she's saying. She's trying to be polite about it. She's trying to hedge her bets and avoid the sort of political firestorm she's managed to keep at bay for her entire career.
When she says something like, "I don't think there was a sensitivity like there is now," she's politely telling Zoomers and Millennials:
These issues are perhaps the reason why Hollywood is turning out far fewer comedies in recent years, which Aniston said was a tragedy.
"Everybody needs funny! The world needs humour! We can't take ourselves too seriously. Especially in the United States. Everyone is far too divided," she said.
