I wasn’t there. Didn’t watch any of the WHCD. The jokes I’ve been shown don’t strike me as a problem. But it’s incredibly disappointing to see the WHCA throw their comic under the bus like that. It’s actually pathetic. Did they really imagine ANY comic wld create unifying ...
2/ in the sense they’re now describing? That seems ridiculous to me. Political humor is inherently barbed. Given the chronic shitshow of the last 15 months it is all but unimaginable that any legitimate comedy wldnt be barbed. This is sad and pathetic.
3/ It’s also worth noting here that the President sent Sanders as his stand-in. That’s the person who’s there to be roasted. That was clear going in. Again, the standard the WHCA is now setting is that it should have been comedy that was **unobjectionable** to Trump and ...
4/ his supporters. When you put it that way i think it’s clear how impossible a standard that is.
