Oh boy, another iteration of the meme that conservative Christians are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO oppressed by us whiny coastal liberals. Gosh. If they repeat it enough, maybe I'll actually feel bad for them some time.
waiting.....
waiting.....
nope, not feeling it.
(I do kind of feel bad for people who are manipulated by cynical exploitation of their sincerely-held religious beliefs into supporting their economic and social oppressors, but trust me, I'm too busy sipping Chardonnay to be doing the oppressing!)
In real life, being 'the conservative celebrity' IS kind of a niche marketing decision; you end up playing the wife on Everybody Loves Raymond or something. But the harm to this character's career would be more likely to have to do with gay writers/actors/potential guests not wanting to work with her (which would be entirely within their rights), not viewers tuning out en masse because she stated a position that seven more states just enshrined in constitutional law.
On a tangent, perhaps the reason that they aren't able to portray her realistically as a comedian is because there are so few conservatives who are genuinely funny. P.J. O'Rourke on his very rare good days, that's about it. I mean, look what happened to Dennis Miller.
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Date: 2006-11-14 05:05 pm (UTC)waiting.....
waiting.....
nope, not feeling it.
(I do kind of feel bad for people who are manipulated by cynical exploitation of their sincerely-held religious beliefs into supporting their economic and social oppressors, but trust me, I'm too busy sipping Chardonnay to be doing the oppressing!)
In real life, being 'the conservative celebrity' IS kind of a niche marketing decision; you end up playing the wife on Everybody Loves Raymond or something. But the harm to this character's career would be more likely to have to do with gay writers/actors/potential guests not wanting to work with her (which would be entirely within their rights), not viewers tuning out en masse because she stated a position that seven more states just enshrined in constitutional law.
On a tangent, perhaps the reason that they aren't able to portray her realistically as a comedian is because there are so few conservatives who are genuinely funny. P.J. O'Rourke on his very rare good days, that's about it. I mean, look what happened to Dennis Miller.