On any given day you might see “George Carlin” trending on Twitter even though the legendarily impactful comedian has been gone for some 14 years, as someone will unearth a vintage Carlin routine that fits their agenda in order to say, “See? George Carlin saw this all coming! And he was on MY side!”
One of the reasons Carlin remains so timely today is we’re still facing the very issues and controversies that have plagued this country for decades, so yes, as the new HBO two-part documentary “George Carlin’s American Dream” reminds us, there’s a treasure trove of material in which Carlin offers up his brilliantly constructed commentary on war, race, abortion, religion, politics, you name it.
