Roseanne: Domestic Goddess of All Media

[mtlchick]

Changes afoot behind the scenes: Whitney Cummings is leaving, but Norm MacDonald and Wanda Sykes among those back on the writing staff!

 

http://deadline.com/2018/05/roseanne-whitney-cummings-exits-co-showrunner-new-writers-season-2-11-abc-1202394091/

[peacheslatour]

Yay Norm! Good riddance to Cummings.

[2727]

Whitney Goings now, I guess.

[peacheslatour]

Lulz!

[Dee]

[FairyDusted]

On 5/17/2018 at 1:13 AM, Bastet said:

Ha - that reminds me of Darlene's alien-bursting-out-of-her-body Halloween costume in season three (to which Becky fantastically replied, "So, do you want some Pepto-Bismol or something?").

Exactly where I went. Hell it might be the same one! I can't believe we are already closing for the season. It seems like we just started. 

[AM1418]

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Whitney Goings now, I guess.

LOL!

Edited May 18, 2018 by AM1418

[Neptune]

[Neptune]

[UYI]

On 5/18/2018 at 12:38 PM, peacheslatour said:

Yay Norm! Good riddance to Cummings.

What was wrong with her? No snark-- I'm genuinely asking. Are there particular episodes she wrote that were bad?

[peacheslatour]

28 minutes ago, UYI said:

What was wrong with her? No snark-- I'm genuinely asking. Are there particular episodes she wrote that were bad?

Two Broke Girls, nuff said.

[UYI]

Just now, peacheslatour said:

Two Broke Girls, nuff said.

I've never watched that show, so I'll take your word for it. :)

[chocolatine]

54 minutes ago, UYI said:

I've never watched that show, so I'll take your word for it. :)

I really wanted to like that show because of the actors, but I had to stop watching because the writing was incredibly stupid.

[llewis823]

1 hour ago, chocolatine said:

2 hours ago, UYI said:

I've never watched that show, so I'll take your word for it. :)

I really wanted to like that show because of the actors, but I had to stop watching because the writing was incredibly stupid.

And it sounded as if the brunette was reading off an index card no matter what she said.  Don't know how that show lasted as long as it did.

[peacheslatour]

41 minutes ago, llewis823 said:

And it sounded as if the brunette was reading off an index card no matter what she said.  Don't know how that show lasted as long as it did.

Yep, it was terrible, unfunny and racist as hell.

[Dee]

‘Roseanne’ Finale: EP Bruce Helford On One Topic They Didn’t Get To Tackle, Season 2 Themes & Who May Be Back

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In an interview with Deadline, Roseanne executive producer/showrunner Bruce Helford talks about the finale, the one sensitive issue they wanted to address this season that will likely be dealt with next year, what will happen to the Conners in Season 2 and which characters from this season and from the original run would return for a visit. (Will Johnny Galecki and George Clooney be back?) He also clarified recent comments by ABC chief Channing Dungey about the show emphasising family over politics next season.

[AgentRXS]

Why do they even bother mentioning Clooney? With Roseanne spouting off inane Tweets every day, there is no way that Clooney is going to associate himself with her show ever again. And honestly? A guy like Booker would have gotten the hell out of Landford long ago and never looked back.

Edited May 23, 2018 by AgentRXS

[Neptune]

[Gigglepuff]

She's under fire again for unhinged and racist tweets. 

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/roseanne-barr-valerie-jarrett-planet-ape-muslim-brotherhood?utm_term=.dyMdQplDa#.nf9aE7LZ8

[CherryAmes]

The above is why I am not giving this show a chance.  I loved the original and was curious about the revival but I'm not helping put one thin dime into that woman's bank account.

[Gigglepuff]

18 minutes ago, CherryAmes said:

The above is why I am not giving this show a chance.  I loved the original and was curious about the revival but I'm not helping put one thin dime into that woman's bank account.

Yep, I'm out.  

[junemeatcleaver]

This after all that fanfare about the Muslim neighbors episode and claiming it was Roseanne's way of coming to terms with her issues with Muslims. 

Roseanne will keep on spouting conspiracy theories and other offensive crap, ABC will make her apologize and she'll make weak, insincere apologies.  Wash, rinse, repeat until she finally says something that will cause the advertisers to back out.

[Gigglepuff]

Wanda Sykes quit.

 

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/wanda-sykes-says-shes-not-returning-to-roseanne-after-r-1826388864

[txhorns79]

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Roseanne will keep on spouting conspiracy theories and other offensive crap, ABC will make her apologize and she'll make weak, insincere apologies.  Wash, rinse, repeat until she finally says something that will cause the advertisers to back out.

Yeah, she's her own worst enemy.  It's sad she doesn't have the judgment (or someone in her life with judgment) to recognize that saying these things on social media is only going to hurt her. 

[ginger90]

[nodorothyparker]

Amid all the other batshittery, she tried to smear Chelsea Clinton and then backtracked when called out on it, but doubled down on the rest of the conspiracy nuttery.  Her apology/explanation for the racist stuff is that "it was a joke" before announcing again that she's quitting Twitter.

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/29/17404972/roseanne-clinton-conspiracy-trump

https://pagesix.com/2018/05/29/roseanne-barr-rants-against-chelsea-clinton-and-george-soros/

The original was a huge part of my growing up as Becky and Darlene could have been friends of mine.  I think it was easier then to not link a star's terrible behavior to their character because it wasn't in our faces everywhere we looked online or on social media.  But it's at the point where it's coloring my feelings about the original series and how I view the other actors who signed on to this.  The only interest I'd have in the show now is if they went a Valerie to Valerie's Family to The Hogans route where NBC famously killed off Valerie Harper's character after she became too demanding and too much of a pain in the ass to work with and retooled the show to be about her surviving family.

[Mmmfloorpie]

Aside from the first episode, I hate the revival.

Hope season 11 gets cancelled.

[mtlchick]

Well it's been "fun" Roseanne.  Where I can write the episode where season 9 in season 11, Darlene, back in her writing game, said that her mom died shortly after she moved back home and season 10 was "what could have happened if she was still alive?"  

 

There's only so much of her conspiracy nonsense I was willing to take but this these latest tweets confirmed that I won't be back.   

Ball is in your court, Channing Dungey.

Edited May 29, 2018 by mtlchick

[GoldenGirl90]

Sara has responded via twitter.

[mythoughtis]

That tweet is wrong on just about every level.

 First, Roseanne is old enough to understand exactly what she was saying and why she shouldn’t say it. Even young adults whose only frame of reference is Remember the Titans and Denzel Washington know it’s wrong.  And racist and unkind. 

Second, Valerie Jarrett is a beautiful woman.  And I’m not going to weaken that in any way-  she’s a beautiful woman, period. 

Edited May 29, 2018 by mythoughtis

[GoldenGirl90]

35 minutes ago, mtlchick said:

There's only so much of her conspiracy nonsense I was willing to take but this these latest tweets confirmed that I won't be back.   

Exactly. I really tried to separate Roseanne Conner from Roseanne Barr, because as we all know this isn't the first time she's said some crazy shit, but I'm done now.

Edited May 29, 2018 by Alexis2291

[bad things are bad]

Vile and disgusting.

I enjoyed some of the revival...loved the original until the last insane seasons...but this is too much. The rest of the cast should bail, and good on Wanda Sykes for flipping Roseanne the figurative bird. 

[Jaded]

ABC has cancelled the show.

[GoldenGirl90]

Welp, there you have it, folks. ABC has cancelled Roseanne.

[formerlyfreedom]

ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ After Racist Tweets

[Mmmfloorpie]

It's official. Season 11 cancelled.

[bad things are bad]

Gee, who knew that actions had consequences? 

[Mmmfloorpie]

1 minute ago, bad things are bad said:

Gee, who knew that actions had consequences? 

Roseanne used to get whatever she wanted because she had a hit show.

She never made racist comments though.

[AntiBeeSpray]

Glad ABC cancelled it.

[marie]

Really makes you wonder how many warnings they'd already given her. That's quite the terse statement from ABC. 

[mythoughtis]

1 minute ago, saoirse said:

ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ After Racist Tweets

Not surprised.  I do feel bad for the rest of the cast and crew- who are out jobs now. Many of whom rearranged their lives to take on these jobs. I felt the same for the rest of the Cosby cast ( especially the ones who played the children) who depended on residuals from syndication episodes. Do you suppose old Roseanne episodes will fall out of favor too? 

[Keywestclubkid]

It was just canceled 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/abc-cancel-roseanne-racist-tweet-valerie-jarrett

[GoldenGirl90]

2 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

I do feel bad for the rest of the cast and crew- who are out jobs now. Many of whom rearranged their lives to take on these jobs.

Right. Any sympathy I have is for her fellow cast members. She really ruined it for them. Now she can go be a conspiracy theorist/racist all she wants. 

[Mmmfloorpie]

4 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

Not surprised.  I do feel bad for the rest of the cast and crew- who are out jobs now. Many of whom rearranged their lives to take on these jobs. I felt the same for the rest of the Cosby cast ( especially the ones who played the children) who depended on residuals from syndication episodes. Do you suppose old Roseanne episodes will fall out of favor too? 

Gilbert, Goodman, Metcalf will be just fine. 

I feel worst for Goranson and Fishman. This show is all they've had going on in the last 20 years.

[Valny]

Well that was fast. Nice going Roseanne! You had a good thing going and you effed it up for everyone.  Why are people so stupid and never think about what they say and the potential consequences!

[mojoween]

It’s possible to support Donald Trump and tweet, thoughtful, honest information that can spark a conversation (so I’m told).  But she was just a hateful, racist bitch and I’m glad ABC put their foot down.

ESPECIALLY after what they did to Blackish.  Good riddance, sorry to the innocents who got caught in her garbage.

[PradaKitty]

And... Roseanne has just added a lot of people to the unemployment line...

[break21]

It was just a matter of time.   She's unstable and the show was so successful there was no way she was going to be able to handle it.  ABC knew what they were getting going it - a time-bomb.

[nodorothyparker]

I'm more than a little surprised and impressed as I thought ABC would try to mealy mouth this into some kind of damage control and hope it blew over before the show came back for the new season.  

[hoosier80]

I feel bad for the rest of the cast and crew.  

Never watched the reboot because I didn't like the last few years of the show.  Roseanne was totally in control, and the characters all became so damned mean.  It's like they were trying to do Married with Children, which was a parody of the typical family sitcom.  This show started off being the one family show that was more true to blue collar families.  Even the opening credits for a few seasons had someone passing out paper towels as they ate pizza - no napkins for us!   We'd always use the paper towels at home when I grew up, so even that little bit rang true to me.

She just stupidly pissed away a hit show.  Good luck getting work again.