Much being written about Michelle Wolf’s comedy routine at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, conservatives are saying that it was too blue, too mean. Come on, guys (and gals), grow a pair.
It was a roast routine, and reasonably well-done. For example, compare what Wolf said to what Martha Stewart said at a Justin Bieber roast. It’s the same shtick, knock everybody who either is, or should be, present. And do it brutally, but funny.
Michelle Wolf is a young, black Don Rickles wannabe; meaner than a snake, potty-mouthed, and funny-if-you-like-putdown-humor. It’s admittedly not everyone’s taste, plenty didn’t like ol’ cranky Don.
I enjoyed her comparing Mike Pence to an ungay version of Anderson Cooper, and her shot at CNN, saying they love breaking news so much they broke the TV news business. The “Trump needs money” stuff didn’t work so well because everyone in the room would love to have the money Trump has.
Wolf’s best put-down was maybe her saying she wasn’t going to criticize print journalists because their medium was already on life-support. It is too true to be especially funny.
