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Comedian Bill Maher and actor Tim Allen<\/a> criticized diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices during Maher’s “Club Random” podcast on Monday, arguing such policies shouldn’t impede on the creative process when making television shows.<\/p>\n

“My wife says, ‘Why do you keep saying that?’ And I said, ‘Somebody told me I was like the Tom Brady of sitcoms.’ When they asked me to do a third one, I said, \u2018I thought they were kidding,\u2019” Allen told Maher. “I don\u2019t know whether my generation \u2014 because all the people that I know that I would make it with are either dead or not the right gender, you know, they\u2019re all light-skinned European older men \u2014 and that doesn\u2019t fit the DEI thing<\/a> that everybody wanted. They wanted, you know, a potpourri of \u2014”<\/p>\n

Maher interjected and said they could have “DEI in the cast.”<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t want to get into that. I didn\u2019t want to patronize people. If you\u2019re going to do a sitcom<\/a>, it\u2019s just got to be funny. You got to have some drama,” Allen said.<\/p>\n

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Maher agreed, saying that while diversity is a “great virtue,” it wasn’t the only one.<\/p>\n

“Not everything in America has to look like Angelina Jolie’s Christmas card, you know, sometimes, and it’s always OK in reverse. You know, it’s like if there’s something where it’s just an all-Black cast \u2014 and good, I’m all for it. I’m not complaining about it,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Maher has previously slammed DEI efforts as meaningless virtue signaling<\/a> by the left that does little to address racial divides or inequity in the United States.<\/p>\n

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The comedian cited CBS\u2019 2020 initiative setting a target to have a minimum of 40% Black, Indigenous and people of color representation in writers\u2019 rooms \u2014 a figure the company hoped to increase to 50%, according to Variety.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I thought, what if the show they\u2019re writing is about a polka band in a ski town?” Maher said.<\/p>\n

He argued DEI practices shouldn’t intrude on creativity.<\/p>\n

“I love people of color, and I\u2019m so glad that things are better than they used to be for people of color, but you know, it shouldn\u2019t intrude on the creative process to the degree it has in this town,” Maher said. “It has intruded on the creative process. And by the way, lots of people of color agree with that because they want the creative process to be pure, too.”<\/p>\n

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Allen, the current lead actor on the CBS sitcom “Shifting Gears,” starred on the popular ABC sitcom “Home Improvement” in the 1990s and later returned to the network for “Last Man Standing.” He’s also known for his movie roles and voice work as Buzz Lightyear in the “Toy Story” animated film series.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump ended DEI initiatives<\/a> within the federal government soon after taking office, and several major companies followed suit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-tim-allen-criticize-dei-practices-hampering-creative-process-say-sitcoms-just-got-funny <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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