On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows....

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 10 14:29:06 PDT 2002


Marta Russell wrote:


>Bill Mar used his "humor" to put down disabled people every
>opportunity he got. He created a legitimate anger in our community.
>He was NOT liked by any of us. No body felt any loss when he was
>dumped. So he did far more to damage whatever left leanings his
>show purported to have.

I don't know that it ever purported to have left leanings. List alum Dennis Perrin once worked as a writer for Maher and reports that he was a reactionary and an asshole. Which isn't to malign assholes, of course; they're very useful and can even give pleasure, unlike Maher.

Doug



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