Posted on 02/17/2023 6:55:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I remember the first time I saw actress and comedienne Roseanne Barr perform her stand-up routine. It was on the gold standard of late night talk shows, “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.” Her appearances in 1985, which introduced Barr and her term “domestic goddess,” struck a cord with every day Americans just trying to live their lives and raise a family.
The exposure Barr got from Carson’s support went a long way to snagging a sitcom deal for a show she wrote and created, “Roseanne.” The show, which started in 1988 and ran for nine seasons, went on to win four Emmys and cement Barr as one of the most important comedic voices of our time.
Then in 2018, the show was revived. But during the first season, Barr was removed from her own show after she made a joke on the Twitters about Obama administration advisor Valerie Jarrett. The show resumed, only without Barr as a producer and under the title “The Conners.”
Earlier this week, Roseanne Barr returned to stand-up with a new comedy special airing on Fox Nation.
As part of promoting the special, Barr sat down with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to talk about her side of the story on how she was “one of the first casualt[ies]….in a large way” of what we know know as cancel culture. As Roseanne puts it in a clip from her stand-up, “[she] racially misgendered somebody [she] thought was a white woman.”
Barr says that the main reason she lost her job on “Roseanne” and blackballed from the entertainment industry was that “the Left has no humor at all, let’s be real. They have no sense of humor at all, nor do they have any sense of humor about themselves. Anybody in power who can’t take a joke about themselves, like the person I mentioned, she should have just laughed it off. Instead, she called ABC and demanded that I be fired….[T]hat’s a dangerous human being.”
But Barr says that she and her fellow comedians “made a pact” to fight back the best way they know how:
The comedian shared how her and her other friends [comedians] that were also victims of cancel culture made a pact that when they all come back, “we’re going to be even more offensive than we’ve ever been before.”
“And I’m so happy because you’ve got to be more offensive when the culture is so offensive that it makes absolutely no sense that it’s anti-life, anti-human, anti-culture, anti-citizen,” said Barr. “You’ve got to be so offensive to offend the most offensive thing that is on earth right now. And I think I’ve done it.”
She continues:
So many other comics have fallen too. [They] can’t find work and have no livelihood, unless they are ridiculously sucking up to [the Left].
Barr also mentions Joe Biden. “Jokes are a great way to scorn power, especially during Biden’s presidency. I love laughing it to scorn, because it deserves to be laughed to scorn.”
As comedians like David Spade, Dave Chappelle and the late Norm MacDonald showed over and over, comedy is one of the strongest weapons we have as conservatives in the fight against the Left. And it’s how we’ll win.
I think what upset her was that the Left became increasingly critical of Israel, even as she felt increasingly Jewish. She even talked about moving to Israel.
The late Ron Silver was another one who was a big time lib, until 9/11, and he became more conservative towards the end of his life.
Shape Shifting Lizard...
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I laughed when Rosanne said that!
Maybe she should have stayed retired or wherever she’s been
I don’t miss her, the old show, the new show or any of the goofy characters plus it’s Disney
Yep A neo conservative is a liberal who got mugged. Roseanne’s war against the left is personal not principled. She found forgiveness on the right which is nice. However, if it suits her, she’ll turn on us in a second.
RE: Your Posting and Yet you
Disagree....?
Yes, why does that surprise you? One can post something one disagrees with can’t they?
How many New York Times and other MSM articles do FReepers ? I’m sure they don’t all agree with the headlines.
I seriously doubt Roseanne doing stand up comedy is exactly "crucial" to conservatism.
More so called "Red State" nonsense.
She was asked to sing the anthem and did... she grabbed her crotch in reference to the ball players who do it all the time... was it a good joke ? No. Was it disrespectful to a country that exemplifies freedom? No.
That’s the first thing I think of when I hear her name. It was a horrible thing to do.
GMTA!
You ever picked your nose in public?
Amazing how many “on the Right” will use any excuse to wave a white flag...
Leni
Could not agree more. She has not only aged well but has improved her appearance. For a woman, that is quite an accomplishment.
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RE: You ever picked your nose in public?
You compare that to deliberately holding your crotch while singing the national anthem with millions of people watching you? REALLY?
RE: waving a white flag
Sounding a note of caution is NOT waving a white flag.
Valerie Jarrett ?
I just watched the recent stand-up on FoxNation. Although she spoke many truths, it was still cringe-worthy and not very funny.
Agreed. I saw her on Gutfeld. Not too impressive and actually somewhat irritating.
Eh, it’s not really a big deal. We’ve seen it with the MeToo, most “cancellations” are temporary. Unless they manage to get you in jail like Weinstein. Of course Cosby went to jail too. So even then just cause you get “canceled” doesn’t make it forever.
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