{"id":954601,"date":"2021-11-02T16:43:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954601"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:43:46","slug":"dan-aykroyd-supports-cancel-culture-in-comedy-offensive-material-should-be-rightly-canceled-for-its-hurtfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-aykroyd-supports-cancel-culture-in-comedy-offensive-material-should-be-rightly-canceled-for-its-hurtfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Aykroyd Supports Cancel Culture in Comedy: Offensive Material &#039;Should Be Rightly Canceled for Its Hurtfulness&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdan-aykroyd-supports-cancel-culture-in-comedy-offensive-material-should-be-rightly-canceled-for-its-hurtfulness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DanAykroyd1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Actor Dan Aykroyd has spoken out in favor of cancel culture in comedy, saying that material deemed offensive \u201cshould be rightly canceled\u201d if it hurts other people\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n<p>By his own standards, Aykroyd would have to renounce some of his most famous performances and their lucrative residuals. They include the 1983 movie <em>Trading Places<\/em>, in which he appears in black face, and NBC\u2019s <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>, in which he famously used the phrase \u201cJane, you ignorant slut\u201d to demean a woman during the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lionel Joseph\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E7n1-batJPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch&nbsp;below:&nbsp;<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weekend Update: Jane, You Ignorant Slut - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c91XUyg9iWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dan Aykroyd made his comments about cancel culture in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/dan-aykroyd-ghostbusters-afterlife-snl-cancel-culture-1235036791\/\">interview<\/a> with <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is enough range in humor where you don\u2019t have to go scatological and you don\u2019t have to go pulling any divisive cards to get a laugh. There is so much in the world to comment on that is outside the realm of offensiveness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>As a writer, you can go to other areas and have successful creative endeavors. Scatological humor is fun. It\u2019s easy laughs. But there is more intelligent writing that can happen if you stay away from the offensive material that should be rightly canceled for its hurtfulness. Who can be the subject of an impression today? That\u2019s an area of discussion. Can I do my James Brown imitation? He was one of my best friends. I do his voice pretty good. But maybe I shouldn\u2019t anymore.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aykroyd\u2019s position runs counter to a growing tide against cancel culture&nbsp;in the comedy field. Comedian Dave Chapelle has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/08\/dave-chappelle-refuses-to-cave-to-2slgbtqqia-cancel-mob-fk-twitter-fk-nbc-news-abc-news\/\">defied left-wing cultural authoritarians<\/a> who have attempted to torpedo his career for his jokes about transgenders and gays.<\/p>\n<p>Comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/05\/20\/chris-rock-rips-cancel-culture-its-pushing-america-to-a-place-where-people-are-scared-to-talk\/\">Chris Rock<\/a>, and John Cleese have all spoken out against cancel culture\u2019s toxic effects on stand-up.<\/p>\n<p>Even Aykroyd\u2019s <em>Trading Places<\/em> co-star Eddie Murphy has taken a stand against cancel culture, saying he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/10\/02\/eddie-murphy-wont-allow-cancel-culture-to-stifle-his-return-to-stand-up\/\">shouldn\u2019t have to&nbsp;apologize for past jokes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aykroyd\u2019s pro-cancel culture stance comes as the star promotes his biggest Hollywood movie in years \u2014 <em>Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/em>, which Sony opens in cinemas this month.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Dan Aykroyd has spoken out in favor of cancel culture in comedy, saying that material deemed offensive \u201cshould be rightly canceled\u201d if it hurts other people\u2019s feelings. 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