More Thoughts About Entertainers Who Could Do So Much Better
by Neil H. Buchanan The entertainment battlefront in the culture wars has been especially active lately, with conflicts emerging from seemingly every direction. This past weekend, the manufactured outrage du jour was focused on the stand-up routine at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, with conservatives howling about their foe's supposed insensitivity and panicky journalists clutching their pearls. Last week, I wrote a column in Verdict discussing the recent controversies surrounding "The Simpsons" and the reboot of "Roseanne." Because there was more to say about both shows, I wrote a followup column here on Dorf on Law this past Friday. Even after writing that column, I still had not covered the territory, so I ended by saying that "the deeper social issues raised by 'The Simpsons' and 'Roseanne' merit further discussion. I will discuss the former here and return to the latter in my next Dorf on Law post on We...