At the height of her popularity, opinionated Funnywoman Chelsea Handler stepped away from her popular eponymous Netflix Series to focus on activism and understanding how it is that Americans elected Donald Trump. She even professed on Twitter she would become a Canadian had he been elected and Canadians still are waiting.
I’m coming to Canada to talk cannabis and how to have a highly functioning life and still go for it. Life is better with cannabis. Plus, we all know How badly I want to be Canadian. To get tickets, go to https://t.co/ZTvkCie0dY pic.twitter.com/DTsNogOHdT
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) August 31, 2018
The Liberal Feminist herself has teamed with modern Cannabis culture publication CIVILIZED in a series of conversations moderated by Founder Derek Riedle where audience members are encouraged to ask questions in a Town Hall format. The Tour has taken her from Calgary to Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa and tonight, Toronto’s Elgin Theatre.
Handler, who is a self-professed Cannabis connoisseur, having experimented with it more particularly in this Trump era. She reveals that she consumes just enough for that lift to help her be at her most productive. She since has found inspiration to pen an upcoming book and Documentary and attributes this to incorporating Cannabis consumption.
After saddening news today of Brett Kavanaugh being sworn-in today as Supreme Court Justice, she tells the audience, “This is an embarrassing time for America. It is important for us to keep saying it as it is a normalization of the conversation. America is run by a minority not a majority. In fact, a majority think what’s going on is bullshit. It’s better to be histrionic and freaking-out than be surprised.” . She notes voter engagement is at an all-time high right now in advance of Midterm Elections, meaning all this rabble-rousing isn’t in vain.
Riedle asks Handler what she thinks Canadians think about Trump. She asks the room, “Don’t you guys have a couple Ford brothers?. They are the pinnacle of White Privilege – a former crackhead getting elected. Only a white man could get away with it because a coloured person wouldn’t!” .
Handler‘s burning need to know how America could elect Trump has taken her on the road to places like Ohio and she found often people want things the way they were before. She has observed, “It is a lot of people who lose something they’ve had all their lives. For example, coal jobs which are destroying the environment. These people are not thinking of the future of their daughters and granddaughters. They feel something is being taken away rather than picking-up new skills. We are dealing with idiocy.” .
She recalls at age 19 wanting nothing more than to be as far away from her family as possible. While success came finally after about seven years of hard work as a Comedian, she recalled never being hungry. She says, “I was thinking about myself all the time. I am an Elitist and had the luxury of success. Many people in our country are not afforded that. I am so embarrassed that finally I got it at age 40.”.
During the Q&A portion of the Talk, she was propositioned by one fan to go to a gay bar with him and his friends and even seduced by one lesbian fan to meet her in an alley way. One fan asked how she justifies Canadians wanting to visit the U.S. in this era of Trump. Handler who has visited Canada multiple times over the past while including Banff, gave a surprising response not come to the U.S. right now in order to make a statement.
See some Snaps:
See who we spotted later that night heading into WESLODGE! Some of their famous Southern Fried Chicken, perhaps?
Handler next is Halifax-bound.
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)
We’ve seen it and loved it. Chelsea Handler is at her baddest in her latest release, UGANDA BE KIDDING ME LIVE and we want it no other way! Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to “go there”, believe me, SHE GOES ALL THE WAY IN! The totally politically-incorrect 70-minute laugh-fest has the Comedienne/Actress/Author/Television Personality pairing Photos from her life together with some of the most awkwardly-funny stories from her life including her Travels (from her Book, UGANDA BE KIDDING ME), the focus of this new Comedy Special.
Whether it be the time she pooped her pants, her loathing of tight vaginas or even rape she finds a way to own it, sell it and make it somehow laughable and that takes true talent. Black people, Lesbians, Asian people, Animals seem to be a recurring theme in her Routine and the observations are back back funnier than ever. Handler is mean, she’s nasty, but she’s downright real and there is something about that which connects to a post-Eminem era. At once, she always humbles herself with alarmingly-accurate timing.
One thing I’ve realized is that when it comes to Handler, I still prefer seeing her interact with Guests on Chelsea Lately. She has the uncanny ability of making us feel like we’re part of a Girls’ Night Out – a Friend – when she interviews and chats casually onscreen and somehow that bit of BFF charm gets lost in seeing her Live Shows.
Nonetheless, I can think of no funnier way to spend a Friday night at home seeing UGANDA BE KIDDING ME LIVE on Netflix!See the Trailer below:
We were lucky enough to attend Handler‘s CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG Tour back in 2010 and got to meet her!
Read about it here.
Netflix streams UGANDA BE KIDDING ME LIVE on Friday, October 10, 2014.
(Photo/video credit: Netflix)
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