Roseanne Barr Channels Reincarnated Soul In Hitler Photo Spread
Roseanne asked to be dressed like Hitler in a photo spread for hipster Jewish mag Heeb. Roseanne believes she’s the reincarnated soul of the genocidal dictator. Heeb asks: is Roseanne “the last celebrity utterly incapable of giving a fuck”?
So it must be ironic, right? Brushing up against taboos, challenging our assumptions about the boundaries of good taste, right? Or is it just the lunacy brought on by self-imposed exile? Unclear. But the Heeb scribe seemed be take it all in good humour. He describes how charmed (and baffled) he was by Swazi sporting sitcom star.
As the “Domestic Goddess” dons the famous moustache, transforming into “Domestic Goddess Hitler,” I notice that she’s beginning to have fun. She nails the Fuehrer’s facial expressions with twisted glee, and as she takes the burnt gingerbread “Jew Cookies” out of the oven it occurs to me that Barr may be the last celebrity utterly incapable of giving a fuck-a quality theoretically easy to embody until it’s time to face the practical repercussions. “Franklin Ajae, Paul Mooney, Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory’s passings will tear my kishkas out,” Barr laments. “They gave everything they had to just tell the truth, and they couldn’t make a decent living because of the choice they made-not selling out to Hollywood.”
Let’s hope we can all stay so pure.
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Don't get mad at me, I'm not trying to insult any religion or race here.. I found this article by LA Times writer and Time contributor Joel Stein about Jews running Hollywood (his words, not mine) and it's an interesting read, albeit 7 months old.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein19-2008dec19,0,4676183.column
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Yeah, real interesting. ANYWAY, who is the fella on the right?
I can't help feeling like, wouldn't that just be the PERFECT fate for Hitler - to be reincarnated as a fat, white-trash, uncouth, outspoken, female, bleeding-heart liberal American Jew? It could only be more perfect if she were black, disabled and gay.
If reincarnation exists, several more lives of being born into a marginalized category are in the cards for him.
Apple Brown Betty White
@J. Frank Parnell: and it does stink, in so many ways.
maddoxhair
for my next act i will appear in blackface and channel the ghost of idi amin!
maddoxhair
paul mooney's "not giving a fuck" is a thousand times more evolved than roseanne's ... just sayin'
Yeah, that's just lame.
Some Tranny Whores will do anything for attention.
I so dislike Roseanne - the Talking Toilet
@Smitros: I really don't think Roseanne needs the money. She may not have made out like Seinfeld when they sold her sitcom into syndication, but as executive producer, she has to be set for life.
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming:
Here ya go Roseanne & Funny Guy. Funny picture from the days of Jolly Ol' Hitler. Funny Right? Too soon?
@m4ximusprim3: What an asshole thing to say.
That Spielberg fella has got to be proud to be associated with this fine magazine. The dying gasp of both the career of a violently unfunny person, and a sick little magazine. Here's a photo of the funny guy that runs "Heeb." (On left). Don't worry about giving them a burst of publicity.. it doens't matter at this late date.
Maybe I'm just really screwed up, but does this picture make Rosanne look a lot better than normal? I mean, take away the moustache and swastika and she doesn't look nearly as fat and ugly as usual.
m4ximusprim3
@Smitros: I think the point is that people give way too much of a shit about it. It happened, it was awful, he's dead and will never do it again. Jews get on with their lives, as do germans and americans and everyone else.
I usually pretty much detest Rosanne, but I have to admit that I'm a little teeny bit in awe of how much she's willing to push the envelope.
m4ximusprim3
@DahlELama:Be thankful for the people who just don't give a shit, even if they're in questionable taste. Without 'em, there'd only be cable news anchors.
ShanghaiLil
It reminds me of the Israeli response to the Iranian newspaper's holocaust cartoon contest.
They decided Jews could do this better and held their own contest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Anti-Semitic_Cartoons_Contest
Also... The cookies were a nice touch. You'll definitely find some division in the Jewish community over this, but I think a lot of younger Jews will find themselves cracking a grin like I did.
ArgusRun
I wish I could stick her in a room with my dad, he regularly digresses into hour long lectures on why I am NEVER EVER allowed to get a tattoo (little does he know...) because of how terrible and disrespectful it would be to family members killed in the Holocaust, he would probably have an aneurism over this one. Making direct references to the incineration of dead children who were gassed or tortured to death takes a sick mind to do.
milominderbinder
A national treasure, to be sure.
LeeMarvinsPants
It stinks of desperation more than it does anything else.
J. Frank Parnell
I would drink beer with Roseanne Barr. I bet it would be awesome.
@DahlELama: Yeah, me too. Anybody got a recipe for Jew Cookies?
leGingerNinja
the whole heil hitler thing seemed kind of cute, but the "burnt jew cookies" were really the pièce de résistance. really, really good taste there. and in a magazine aimed at jew hipsters! how ironic!
bravo, rosanne. bra-fuckin'-vo.
maddoxhair
Or is this just a desperate attempt to restart a career?
I'm not even Jewish and I find that picture unspeakably offensive.
i really admire her don't-give-a-fuck-itude. Doesn't matter if it's a result of a case of the ironics or crazies, the proof of the pudding is in the taste
vampirebris
he even dare express puzzlement over the sincerity or sarcasm of my very own comment. ... it's a slow jews day! :[]
"Oy", if I may...
The fact that she finds that funny makes me utterly grateful that I haven't seen her onscreen in the last decade.
DahlELama