Skip To Content
JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.
The Schmooze

Can Sarah Silverman’s ‘Aggressively Dumb’ New Hulu Series Heal America?

One need not be intimately familiar with Sarah Silverman to grasp her fiery hatred for the President of the United States. She’s been known to express her feelings on Twitter in no uncertain terms. If you haven’t had the pleasure of witnessing them, I’ve included a couple below that aptly sum up her sentiment towards Mr. Donald J. Trump of Queens, New York.

Silverman announced Thursday at the Television Critics Association panel that she will take her Twitter emotions to the country’s stage in a new Hulu series “I Love You, America.” Set to premiere on October 12th, Silverman will take to the road for a talk show style comedy.

Although Silverman says the show won’t be “overtly political”, she acknowledged that, by virtue of existing in the current looney tunes era that we do, everything is political. Mostly, though, it seems like the comedian will use the opportunity to have fun and bring unlikely people together.

“What’s really important is it’s funny, it’s silly, it’s aggressively dumb, because that’s how I like my comedy, and I don’t like to be told what to think,” said Silverman.

Silverman also said the show isn’t going to set out with the goal of making anyone look like an “a**hole.” She’s not looking to emphasize Americans’ differences. Instead, she seeks to illuminate what makes people the same.

And if she throws a couple long-form diarrhea jokes in there, we’re fine with that too.

Becky Scott is the editor of The Schmooze. Follow her on Twitter, @arr_scott

Republish This Story

Please read before republishing

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search.  See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Please email us at [email protected], subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up.

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.