Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel Green on the hit TV show “Friends,” has been thinking about how comedy has changed over the years. AFP recently interviewed Aniston in Paris, where she talked about how hard it is to make comedy in today’s sensitive world.
While promoting her new Netflix movie “Mystery 2,” which also stars Adam Sandler, Aniston said that comedy has changed a lot since “Friends” first aired in 1994. She said that comedians have to be very careful not to upset anyone these days, which can make it hard to come up with funny material.
There was also talk about how culture has changed since “Friends” first aired. She said that the show is now being watched by a new generation of people who find some of its material offensive. Aniston said that some of the show’s humor was never meant to be offensive, but that the writers should have been more careful in other situations.
A lack of variety on “Friends” has been talked about for a long time. One of the show’s co-creators, Marta Kauffman, said she felt bad about the problem last year. Kauffman agreed that it’s painful to face your flaws, but she said she wished she had known more about how important variety is 25 years ago.
Aniston’s words show how hard it is to make comedy that a lot of people will enjoy in today’s sensitive world. Even though “Friends” is no longer on the air, its memory reminds us how important it is to think about how our words and actions affect other people.
