Roseanne tweets better than Trump

[Dom]

The success of the show proves that's not quite true. People really are able to laugh at these kinds of things. That's why there are so many liberal comedy news shows. That said, Archie Bunker was supposed to be an idiot that people didn't relate to, but it backfired in a racist America. People actually related to the guy. It's bizarre.

That is exactly it. Archie Bunker was a despicable character, but he was also human. Which is exactly what Roseanne was meant to be in her show. Most of the comedies that pitch politics against each other have exactly such a character.

It is that very contradiction that makes it real. Racists are as indoctrinated as believers. There are real people underneath.