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The Left’s “Cancel culture” continues to be mocked and ripped apart by basic common sense.
“Saturday Night Live” alum Chris Kattan, who is probably most remembered as one-half of the dim-witted “Roxbury” brothers, recently took issue with the movement and its negative impact on culture and entertainment.
With just 5 simple words, Kattan explained, “You can’t be outrageous anymore.”
The 51-year-old stand-up comedian, who was on SNL from 1996 to 2011, famously did impressions of Bill Gates, Ben Affleck, Al Pacino and Queen Elizabeth II, among others.
He also played other notable characters, including Mango and Mr. Peepers.
Reflecting on cancel culture, Kattan said, “If you want to do something funny, you can’t be outrageous anymore.”
“You do have to be careful,” Kattan added.
To avoid the problem created by liberals, it appears Kattan will have to stick with “family-friendly” comedy at the moment.
“I think family-friendly is the way to go right now,” Kattan said.
“And that’s the kind of humor I like anyway. And that’s the humor I like doing.”
Kattan agreed that comedy has changed over the years.
Performers need to be mindful of what works for today’s audiences, he said.
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…Kattan admitted he isn’t fazed by it because he’s not “a provocative person.” The star noted he relies on self-deprecating humor and focuses more on creating characters than stirring headlines.
“I write and direct shorts, but it’s really family-friendly,” he explained. “You just need to think about what a family would like because we’re all in this same space together. Because of COVID, we went back to the people we love and we spent more time together at home. And I think with humor, if you can look at any age or sex and they’re laughing, then I think you’re in the right place when it comes to comedy. And that’s where I almost always have been. My humor is family-friendly.”
“The reality is that right now, everyone has to be careful about what they say or do,” he continued. “But [I’m] already careful… I naturally don’t swear. I say things like ‘what the frick’ or ‘dang it’ and ‘darn it.’ I don’t know why, it’s just a strange habit. Even my mom was like, ‘You’re not swearing so much lately.’ I know it’s weird.”
Kattan wrote a memoir in 2019 titled “Baby, Don’t Hurt Me,” where he described a life-changing injury that he claimed he sustained on “SNL.” According to Kattan, a sketch that aired in 2001 required him to fall back in a chair. However, he landed hard on the stage and broke his neck. In the years following his injury, and the multiple surgeries that came with it, he suffered career struggles and was faced with opioid addiction.
