| Author |
Message |
Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 9:31 am 
Grooch, this is the issue some are having with it:
Jared Yates Sexton Verified account @JYSexton
The one where your character’s support of Donald Trump was framed simply as an economic choice. They have real concern this is sanitizing a really problematic worldview and dismissing the inherent bigotry.
Roseanne Barr Verified account @therealroseanne
oh, really? which episode r they uncomfortable about? the one where we get a dog or my mom gets a boyfriend or I drive for uber or darlene gets a new job or david comes back? which ones monetize trump's base?
6:40 AM - 1 Apr 2018
I think Sarah Gilbert is heavily involved in the production of the show, so I hope it goes well for her, but she's such a sweetheart that she wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings and I do wonder if she let the "sanitization" go to make Roseanne happy. That's fine in some ways, but not if Trump's going to use it as a propaganda piece.
I never watched Roseanne in the past, so I'm not going to start now, but I saw the ratings slipped by 25% last night, so they will have to be careful.
|
Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 9:34 am
I don't know that I am boycotting her show, I am just not watching because I don't think she is funny. I just think she is a very crude woman.
|
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 9:56 am
Re the ratings slip: yeah, I think a lot of folks were curious, I watched.
But it was after the premiere that she made that awful tweet, and even though I found it moderately amusing, I won't watch again.
You don't spread lies about child trafficking. That's over the line for me.
|
Lostfan
Member
03-10-2010
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 10:13 am
I think the rating slip could have to do with last nights show, I thought it was boring. What I noticed last night (maybe I missed it 1st 2 episodes) Rosanne seems to be acting vs being real. She shouts out her lines rather than being real.
I think she may need to brush up on her skills. Jmo
I’m confused did they even address David as this kids dad? Is he not even in Darlene’s kids life? She wanted to move back to Chicago but nothing about living with dad. What did I miss the 1st episode
And what happened to Jackie’s kid? (I may have forgotten) or did they ever say in 1st episode
|
Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 10:27 am
I forgot to set it to tape, so I missed it. And from what y'all are saying, it seems I didn't miss much at all.
I'm in Canada, so it won't affect her ratings if I watch. If it did I would definitely boycott. Although I enjoyed the balanced view shown by her sister Jackie last week. I hope it stays balanced, otherwise I'm gone.
|
Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 10:32 am
I believe the ratings count as watched if you tune into any part of the show, so people starting the show but then getting bored and turning channels, still counts as a watch for the ratings.
|
Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 11:19 am
Lostfan, sorry I can't answer your questions. The show has left a lot of things unanswered but they have plenty of time to fill in information.
Looking forward to more of this show.
|
Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 11:56 am
I think that a ratings slip was inevitable. The huge ratings for the first shows were the surprise, not that they have fallen.
I've never been a big Rosanne fan, but I would have watched the first episodes just out of curiosity if I had remembered they were on.
|
Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 12:46 pm
Never liked her original show.... so, won't watch her now. Not even curious.
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 6:06 pm
Juju, that article was so impressive. I didnt know he was a writer!!
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 6:09 pm
the shower scene at the end LMAO!!!
also loved the line about the kids in time out thinking why isnt this loser spanking me hahahahha!!!!
I literally LOL at every ep so far!!
|
Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 5:07 am
I won't watch because Rosanne is crude, rude, bigoted, and a liar in real life. I do believe that she is funny and if she had even a little bit of decency, I would support the show.
Thank goodness for Sarah Gilbert. I do hope that she can somehow keep things on an even keel by keeping the sister, Jackie in the spotlight. Hopefully this will help show viewers a balanced America.
|
Sunnyday
Member
08-07-2014
| Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 7:14 am
I have no problem seeing both sides of the political spectrum. Most show on TV show the liberal side of things so maybe this will help balance things out. I won't watch because I didn't find it funny.
|
Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 7:52 am
I'm enjoying it.
|
Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 1:45 pm
lets check it out again tonight 
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 8:39 pm
cant wait!
|
Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 4:06 am
it was on the serious side but i really enjoyed the dog training part -- a free thinker. lol
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 6:41 am
I know. I felt so bad for Becky
|
Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 8:27 am
She's really not a bad actress for having been a child actress. Her tears seem so real, I even got teary eyed. So is that the last we will see of the actress that played the other Becky?
And I noticed the In Memorium at the end for the actor who played mark.
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 10:37 am
I thought the same thing! I think at this point she and Jackie are the best actors on the show...the others are still needing to settle back into their roles
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 10:38 am
re other Becky...I am hoping they find out the doc was wrong and she can stillhave a baby!
|
Wowprincess
Member
09-04-2006
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 10:56 am
I'm about as far opposite politically from Roseanne as possible I think, but I have to say - I'm loving the reboot.
I do find it funny. There are a lot of things I might would not watch because I disliked the main person in it for one reason or another, but if a sitcom is funny, I'll watch typically.
I don't have to follow her in the news or on social media.
To the comments from last week about people saying that they felt the explanation of why she voted for Trump "sanitized" the whole issue, I think we're forgetting that not everyone who voted for that idiot is a racist bigot. Sure, there are a lot of them, but there are a group of Republicans that held their nose and voted for him based on things like economy because there was no way in hell they'd vote for Clinton (because she's a woman, because she's a Clinton, because HER EMAILS ... whatever, pick your reason - and boy doesn't "because her emails" seem small compared to the issues we're seeing today). I think it's unfair to paint this with the brush that they are ignoring the whys and whos of voter demographics on 45.
|
Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 12:50 pm
alot there in your post I disagree with Wow. I haven't really even noticed a political bend on her show, sans the first episode of course. But if the show was overly political and I didn't agree with the politics ,I could understand why someone wouldn't watch it. I won't watch kimmel or Colbert.
|
Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 1:10 pm
I didn't have to hold my nose to vote for my president.
I am glad the last couple shows haven't been political.
|
Moderator
Moderator
06-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 1:58 pm
Please continue any further political discussion in the N & V area. Thank you.
|
