Todd Phillips said making 'Joker' allowed him to still make an 'irreverent' movie without making a comedy.
"Joker" director Todd Phillips told Vanity Fair that comedies don't work anymore because of"this woke culture." "All the f---ing funny guys are like, 'F--- this shit, because I don't want to offend you,'" Phillips said."It's hard to argue with 30 million people on Twitter. You just can't do it, right? So you just go, 'I'm out.
"Joker" director Todd Phillips told Vanity Fair that comedies don't work anymore because of"this woke culture." "All the f---ing funny guys are like, 'F--- this shit, because I don't want to offend you,'" Phillips said."It's hard to argue with 30 million people on Twitter. You just can't do it, right? So you just go, 'I'm out.
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