When ABC persuaded Roseanne Barr to star in a re-boot of her iconic television show in 2018, it was enormously popular. However, she and her television persona very much supported President Trump. This is how Roseanne became the first and biggest victim of “cancel culture”. Barr tells the story of how her Tweet about Valerie Jarrett unjustly got her show and Roseanne herself “canceled” from Hollywood.
Documentarian Joel Gilbert has produced many interesting documentaries, which take deep dives into figures who have crossed Americans’ field of vision—from Barack and Michelle Obama to Trayvon Martin to Al Gore. I always come away from these life reviews much more knowledgeable about the subjects and often with a changed perspective.