RE: Roseanne tweets better than Trump
May 30, 2018 at 12:18 am
(This post was last modified: May 30, 2018 at 12:21 am by KevinM1.)
(May 29, 2018 at 11:38 pm)Losty Wrote: What happened to her anyway...I always thought she was a liberal...then all of sudden she’s a Trump supporter
Just a guess, but a lot of comedians find it difficult to stay relevant, especially when their acts largely revolve around the low hanging fruit of gender differences, racial differences, age differences, etc. What was funny 20+ years ago is no longer because a lot of society simply finds it offensive. And instead of taking a step back and engaging in self-reflection, they blame the audience for being "too PC" and double down by conflating simply being offensive with actually being funny. Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle have recently gone down that path to varying degrees.
In Roseanne's case, it seems like she received positive reinforcement by people of Trump's ilk, and has aligned herself with them. That, or maybe she viewed herself as some kind of avatar for conservative women based on the original run of her show, and the bulk of the audience that watched it.
In any event, good riddance. I could never stand her or the show. The only positive things to come from it were John Goodman and scrubs-era Sarah Chalke.
EDIT: a more succinct version - http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2018/05/29...ny-toilet/