Twenty years after she burst into America's collective consciousness, Roseanne Barr is still slinging comedic arrows at society's sacred cows. In her fourth HBO stand-up comedy special, the Emmy(R)-winning actress/comedienne takes aim at everything from old men taking Viagra to Vice President Dick Cheney. Taped before a live audience at the legendary Comedy Store in Los Angeles, the now-blonde Barr shows she's lost none of her candid, self-effacing, outspoken verve as she probes such topics as growing up Jewish in Salt Lake City, working 'in a cement box' on her TV series 'Roseanne,' and her disdain for the diet industry, the President, religious fanatics and more.—Anonymous
Twenty years after she burst into America's collective consciousness, Roseanne Barr is still slinging comedic arrows at society's sacred cows. In her fourth HBO stand-up comedy special, the Emmy(R)-winning actress/comedienne takes aim at everything from old men taking Viagra to Vice President Dick Cheney. Taped before a live audience at the legendary Comedy Store in Los Angeles, the now-blonde Barr shows she's lost none of her candid, self-effacing, outspoken verve as she probes such topics as growing up Jewish in Salt Lake City, working 'in a cement box' on her TV series 'Roseanne,' and her disdain for the diet industry, the President, religious fanatics and more.