Roseanne Barr: Cancel This (2023). I came across this show a few weeks ago and just got around to watching it. I was cautiously optimistic that she would be entertaining although I don't recall ever seeing her previoulsy do a stand-up show. I think I've only ever seen her in "Roseanne" the TV series and maybe the occasional-but-rare movie part.
So first off, her voice is still as annoying as ever but the environment like in her TV series was not present to help lead people to thinking this is part of her character she's playing. I feel like she pushed the annoyingness of her voice to push her agenda and negative feelings of what happened to her BECAUSE OF HER!
Overall, she sounded like a disgruntled, bitter person. There was NO real humor in her bit. Everything was full of vitriol, disgust and anger. She made fun of her children because they disagreed with her actions and some of her beliefs. Rightly so as far as I can tell.
While the show was in Houston, the audience seemed lackluster at best. There was some occasional cheering but hardly ANY laughter. At times, I almost felt like a laugh track was added because there were moments when the audience could be seen looking bored, confused and unentertained. However, there would be sounds of laughter but the audiences faces did not reflect this.
Once the show ended, I saw it was featured on Fox Nation. She did mention Fox early on about how they approached her to do the show but it did not click with me until I saw the Fox Nation logo. It looked just like the Fox News logo graphic. That's when I realized why it was full of hate, anger and stupid as well as not being funny. Fox does not give a shit about quality but wants to "push the buttons" of the weak-minded people that believe Fox is real news/TV.
Anyway, I will leave with this quote from another review on IMBD as they stated exactly what I think. I figured they already wrote it so I'll share it.
"... I think the best comedy is often politically charged and offensive to a lot of people. But the best comedy is also ... well ... funny and that's what's really lacking here. Even in front of a Texas audience, which should be her audience, there was very little laughter. There's lots of cheering at any mention of Texas or Fox News, and booing at any mention libtards and Hillary Clinton, but the jokes mostly land flat. When they pan the audience there's women who actually look like they're crying.
There's obviously a disconnect from her core audience at this point. She'll take shots at the rich elite and then make jokes about her Tesla. When she first mentions theTesla, the audience is completely silent while she waits for a reaction. Again, lots of cheering when she bashes trans people, the me too movement, how children need to be hit more, etc. But only an occasional smattering of laughter from the audience. As the material gets more disturbing, even the Texas audience gets quieter and quieter.
The biggest laugh comes with a joke that starts "When I was alive..." and that pretty much sums up the night.
I have to give her credit for getting out there again and doing what she loves. She's over seventy, she's lost weight and she's never made any effort to change who she is. The thing is, most people do change, and become better people over time and the times have definitely changed. Not sure if there's a place for comedy that makes angry people cheer, but doesn't make anyone laugh.
FINAL VERDICT: Hard pass! Regardless of her ignorance in basically everything in life, I cannot recommend this. It just wasn't funny at all. If you are a glutten for real pain and suffering, then maybe you can watch this. I perservered just because it's my duty as a reviewer of things. But I cannot stress how non-entertaining it was!
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