Media Welcome Back Hoaxer Jussie Smollett… What About Roseanne?

Cancel Culture type types require apologies first and foremost.

The toxic subculture doesn’t accept them at face value, of course. It has been attempted by many stars to make it work. Apology TourTM and found themselves punished, or even Cancelled, anyway.

It’s precisely what happened to Roseanne Barr.

he visionary behind the blue-collar sitcom “Roseanne” revived the show for ABC in 2017, drawing a huge crowd in the process. She even reached out to MAGA nation, letting her show be a platform where President Donald Trump’s fans could see themselves for a change.

It was rare for any other show to offer such a broad audience at that time. It helped explain the reboot’s shocking success … and its swift downfall.

Barr sent a racially charged tweet in May 2018 that was connected to Valerie Jarrett (ex-president Barack Obama official), who is black. Barr immediately apologized for the message, saying she had been taking Ambien at the time and didn’t realize the light-skinned Jarrett was black.

True? False? It didn’t matter.

ABC fired Barr from her own show, costing her millions in the process. The network didn’t stop there. They killed her character and kept the series going without her. Then they rebranded the network as The Conners.

Barr hasn’t had a mainstream gig since. She appeared briefly alongside Andrew “Dice” Clay in 2019, but otherwise she’s been off the Hollywood radar.

This could mean she may not return to that area. This is the Jussie Smollett story.

Smollett is a Fox Series co-star Empire, staged a racially charged hate crime against himself in 2019. The media assumed Smollett was telling the truth despite a half dozen holes in his story one could drive a pickup truck through.

All of us know the outcome. Smollett was tried by a jury made up of peers. He was found guilty, and was sentenced to a New York Minute imprisonment (pending appeal).

He claims that despite all the evidence against his story, he has always believed him.

No apologies. Nothing. Even in a courtroom of law where it really matters.

How did Cancel Culture deal with Smollett then? It let him share his directorial debut on a prominent streaming platform.

BET+ has been relaunched Blues for B-Boys, which will debut on the streamer on June 9 in time for Pride Month. Mona Scott Young and Monami Entertainment, Mona Scott Young’s producer, have joined the film to help with the production. They also helped BET+ get the deal.

Smollett directed and co-wrote the independent film. This LGBTQ drama features Brandee Evans and Timothy Richardson. It also stars Heather B. Marquise Vilson, Thomas Mackie, and Timothy Richardson.

When canceled artists like Louis CK and Morgan Wallen found work long after their initial punishments the press howled in protest.

It’s not happening at the moment.

Smollett’s big lie captivated the public for months. Chicago police were also led on a chase by Smollett’s big lie, spending more time and resources solving real crimes. What number of lives were affected by this?

Is there any doubt Smollett’s career will perk up following the film’s debut June 9? Or that he’ll be working again faster than Barr, a feminist pioneer who changed the face of TV but got punished for a Tweet that injured no one?

[Cross-posted from Hollywood in Toto.]