Roseanne tweets better than Trump

[Dom]

There is something very sad about this. I didn't watch the show, but it was a comedy that had two sisters pitched against each other politically while remaining close friends. 

Comedies have been made about political discord forever - Archie Bunker comes to mind. But there were lots.

I find it sad that this doesn't seem possible anymore. This country is unable to laugh at itself, shit turns very serious very fast.

Think of making fun of Mohammed - that turns serious real fast too.

Those were storylines for the shows, not racist tweets. You seem confused.

I'm not confused, but apparently I have trouble verbalizing what I mean.

I was stepping back and not addressing her tweets, we all agree on her racism and spreading of stupid conspiracy theories and that she deserved to be fired.

I was looking at television programming, and how throughout the decades we had comedies that pitched opposing political views against each other and still managed to be funny enough to gather lots of viewers on both sides. 

It seems that this is too much of a hot potato now. TV is completely partisan, no one laughs at themselves and their own views anymore. There are no more shows like this at all. The Roseanne show was an attempt to launch one. And it did work, it had a huge viewership. Roseanne and her sister had some funny exchanges I saw in previews, with Roseanne being a trumper and her sister being progressive. It was funny, it made you think, and Roseanne and her sister took it as opinions that did not affect their human bond. This is something this society sorely needs if we are going to survive this era of division.


Too bad that Roseanne wasn't acting and was a racist conspiracy theory nut job in real life. The show itself was a good thing, and I hope someone has the guts to put a comedy together that serves the purpose this one could have.