September 18, 2011
Comedy Central is airing a "roast" of Charlie Sheen this week. Most would agree that there's nothing funny about serial abuse of women but Comedy Central and its advertisers apparently think otherwise. Richard Rushfield of The Daily Beast writes that "the upcoming Sheen roast is a disgusting, immoral spectacle" and I'm inclined to take his word for it. The only possible value this "roast" could have is if it was treated as an intervention and Sheen took responsibility for the numerous occasions that he has abused women - unfortunately that's not to be expected. Comedy Central doesn't seem to care about the funny - just the money. And it's a shame because this is the same network that brings us some of the parody and satire on TV. It will be interesting to see what advertisers are running commercials during this celebration of this abuser. I hope it's not any products or services that I currently use because I refuse to do business with any companies making money from this terrible idea for "e