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Sarah Silverman retired her 'arrogant ignorant' character because Trump 'embodies that completely'

Sarah Silverman retired her "arrogant ignorant" Sarah Silverman character because Trump "embodies that completely."

As a guest on Fail Better with David Duchovny, a Lemonada Media production, Silverman went into the transient nature of comedy as an art form and how her decision to move away from the "arrogant ignorant" character she rode to fame was not simply a reaction to audiences "not laughing at my racist jokes anymore." My first comedy special, Jesus Is Magic, is like, ‘I'm Sarah Silverman, but I'm totally doing a character' and that character — it carried on into my Comedy Central show, The Sarah Silverman Program — was an arrogant ignorant." It's a hard lesson that not all comedians learn, or believe in, for that matter, but a huge part of what's considered funny in any given time is its relevance.

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