aj1218 Review of I Love You, America

I Love You, America (2017–2018)

Tonally and structurally inconsistent

[2/10 · 16 October 2017]

I don't know if you can spoil a talk show but this is just poorly written and a bit of a mess both structurally and tone wise. This isn't even touching the politics of it (I didn't vote Trump but it has a very significant Anti-Trump message). I have been a fan of Sarah Silverman for the past 20 years. I remember watching her on SNL in the early 90s. I like most of her stand up specials but recently she has been on a political bent that alienated many of her long-term fans and this is the result of it..."I love America" is...weak political commentary with dick and fart jokes. The show doesn't know what it wants to be... It is caught between a Parody News Show in the vein of Colbert Report, The Daily Show, and Last Week Tonight; a Late Night TV show like, Jimmy Kimmel (her ex who I think she stole some of the writers from); or an SNL knockoff. She doesn't have the deep understanding of political philosophy to be a critic of politics on principle and her comedy style doesn't mesh with her messaging. At one moment she is flashing a cock and vagina (the first 5 min...this is her opening monologue so you know that she is "EDGY" and adult). The next she is interviewing someone from the Westboro Baptist church (the only decent part of the show but it doesn't go anywhere besides a feelgood piece aka "You Trump supporters can change look at this terrible person"). The show doesn't know what it wants to be and of the different directions it is going it doesn't do them well enough. I don't think Sarah Silverman has the star power to keep a show like this going without significant help, she is a 50-year-old woman that has no kids and is not in touch with the audience she is trying to reach. It is trying to be to many things at once...and failing.