Jerry Seinfeld päätti istahtaa ohjaajan pallille Netflixin elokuvassa Unfrosted. Haastattelun Seinfeld antoi GQ:lle, ja kovan lausunnon mukaan elokuva ei enää ole samassa asemassa yhteiskunnallisena vaikuttajana kuin ennen.
"Film doesn't occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we're walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see."
Mikä sitten on syrjäyttänyt elokuvan aseman ihmisten mielissä? Kukaan ei oikein tunnu elokuva-alalla tietävän, mitä pitäisi tehdä.
"Depression? Malaise? I would say confusion. Disorientation replaced the movie business. Everyone I know in show business, every day, is going, 'What's going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?"
Sen sijaan stand-up-komedia on kovasti nousussa.
"I've done enough stuff that I have my own thing, which is more valuable than it's ever been. Stand-up is like you're a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who's good with wood. ... There's trees everywhere , but to make a nice table, it's not so easy.
So, the metaphor is that if you have good craft and craftsmanship, you're kind of impervious to the whims of the industry. Audiences are now flocking to stand-up because it's something you can't fake. It's like platform diving. You could say you're a platform diver, but in two seconds we can see if you are or you aren't. That's what people like about stand-up. They can trust it. Everything else is fake."