I think Lowe's politics currently are somewhere in between Kevin and Melissa's descriptions. He was a Dukakis Democrat when he was videotaped having sex with a teenager in 1988, and he did famously twitter-dis Bernie Sanders last year during a debate, implying that he (Lowe) was against raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for more socialized programs. But I don't think it is fair to describe him as one of those "Hollywood Republicans"; he has sounded more like one of those warmed over superficial libertarians to me.
But, my question was not: "What is a conservative doing at a Rob Lowe Roast?" I am a liberal, and socialize and am good friends with lots of conservatives, and don't see anything inherently contradictory about that. It is an insult to conservatives to call Ann Coulter a conservative; she is soul-less gold-digging self-promoter, who makes her living saying in public the most horrible things she can think of. My question rather was why did she think it was in her financial self interest to appear at the roast. When asked she basically said it was to sell copies of the new Trump book she just published; but the thesis of that book is that you can trust Trump because he says what he believes and does not trim his sails to political correctness to please the elites. The book was published the same day that Trump recently backtracked on his deportation promise (since then he and or his representatives have both taken back, and not taken back, the softening of his position on deportation, the result being a serious undermining of his main credential for the hard core Trumpsters, and of the point of Coulter's book). Coulter's appearance in what would appear to be the belly of the beast makes sense from a book selling POV prior to Trump's flip flopping, but seems to only highlight her main humiliation now. Perhaps she was already under contract and could not have gotten out of it. On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: > And, I think Lowe is a Democrat -- because it was at a Democratic > convention that he got caught with his pants (and everything else) down. > > > > Here's the Hollywood Report write-up: > > > > Ann Coulter Gets Destroyed by Comics at Rob Lowe Roast > > > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ann-coulter-gets-destroyed-by-923593 > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Kevin M. > *Sent:* Sunday, August 28, 2016 7:30 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Coulter Burned at Lowe Roast > > > > I suspect, as Lowe is one of those noted Hollywood conservatives, at some > point along the way he befriended Coulter, hence her appearance > > On Sunday, August 28, 2016, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > > Coulter and Trump use the same formula of saying outrageous things to > get attention. So it's not that big of leap to go on a roast to get > attention. > The roasts can be hit or miss. A lot of it depends on the guests. > There may be one or two good guests and the rest of the panel is > awful. > Talke a look at Amy Schumer's appearances. She seems to be searching > for a comic identity. One roast she's channeling Sarah Silverman, > another she has a completely different style. > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:44 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have ambivalent, but some warm, memories of watching the old Dean > Martin > > roasts as a kid; I have had much more consistently unpleasant memories of > > the CC Roasts, and have not bothered with most of the recent ones. For me > > the idea works best when it at least seems like the people doing the > jokes, > > no matter how mean or obscene, actually know or at least genuinely like > the > > target. A parade of strangers standing up for 3 minutes of obscene over > the > > top insults feels like peeping at a glory hole. > > > > I may though watch the Rob Lowe Roast (apparently airing Labor Day) to > see > > the spectacle of Ann Coulter taking most of the heat - not so much to > enjoy > > her discomfort (I don't care enough about her to get pleasure from that, > and > > she is such an easy target anyway) but just to try to understand the > > architecture of the event. I see why they wanted her there (in part to > get > > curiosity viewers like people like me) even though apparently there is no > > connection between her and Lowe. I see why Lowe might be happy to have > her > > there (probably 33% fewer banging teenager jokes to sit through). But I > > don't really see why Coulter showed up. In the linked USA Today article > she > > says it was to sell her new book (about Trump), but: 1. Is that really > the > > crowd that buys a lot of her books? and 2. Trump's recent flip-flop-flip > on > > Total Deportation has fundamentally undermined her book project anyway. I > > suppose she committed to the event weeks ago and so in that sense kudos > to > > her for keeping it. I also suppose that her brand is built on going to > the > > belly of the beast and then trying to butt-screw it to its face, so I > > suppose her fans will give her credit for sitting through it - and > dishing > > it back. > > > > I guess what does make sense is that Coulter's whole act always reads > like > > she is the third speaker at a never-ending Comedy Central Roast; mostly > just > > a string of insults as inappropriate as she can make them and still get > on > > air, often strung together in an incoherent manner. She is a right wing > > insult comic, and I suppose she felt at home. > > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/08/28/rob-lowe- > roast-ann-coulter/89505556/ > > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... 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