It's Always Sunny stars respond to 'too political' criticism

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“It’s always been political!”
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has been going strong since 2005, and while it’s always been about a group of friends not exactly being the nicest people and having a laugh at others’ expense, it has tackled some serious issues over the course of its 15 season run.
That has led to some criticism that the show has become ‘too political’, a criticism in which the show’s star and executive producer Glenn Howerton dismissed on the Always Sunny Podcast this week.
“It’s always been political! ” he hit back. “It’s not that we take a particular stance on anything, We try not to, we try to skewer both sides of any argument. But the show has always dealt with politics. Always.”
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Howerton, alongside his co-stars Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, pointed to the season 2 episode ‘The Gang Runs for Office’, which sees The Gang come to the opinion that they don’t like Republicans or Democrats.
“So for those people who are like ‘It’s got too political, it used to not be political!’, this whole episode is about politics,” the actor pointed out.
With its 15th season, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia became the longest running live-action sitcom of all time.
Well, in terms of American sitcoms at least, because the BBC’s beloved Last of the Summer Wine ran for a whopping 31 series between 1973 and 2010, so It’s Always Sunny still has a little while to go yet.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia airs on FXX and FX on Hulu in the US, while Netflix has the first 14 seasons in the UK, with season 15 dropping on February 1.

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