The Curb Your Enthusiasm star discussed his un-cancelled comedy at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival: “It's a very good question.”
—which first aired more than 20 years ago and was recently renewed for a 12th season—has been able to continue to exist in today’s intense political environment. Some topics joked about in the series’ most recent season include incest, battered women, mental illness, the Holocaust, and 9/11.“I don’t know. It’s a very good question,” said David. “I don’t know why. I don’t like to think about it too much.
David continued, offering a more detailed explanation of why he feels he’s been able to avoid the negative swell of attention that seems to have befallen many of his peers. “Well, here’s the thing. There were fans of the show, they liked the show. And they have a good sense of humor. The fans of the show don’t care about political correctness,” said David.character being the butt of the joke: “You’re just the idiot who didn’t get the memo, and I think that buys you a lot.
David agreed with that assessment, saying, “Yeah, I think idiots can get away with a little bit more than the more intelligent brethren.” Despite his continued success at creating boundary-pushing comedy, David claimed that his early days on the stand-up circuit were so rough that he’d sometimes get pointers on his material from other comedians, like his future collaborator“I wasn’t really a very good comedian,” he said. “Jerry Seinfeld would come up to me: ‘Why do you keep doing that bit? They don’t like it. They’re not laughing,’” he recalled. “But it’s funny. So that was the problem.