(May 30, 2018 at 12:00 pm)henryp Wrote:I think something happened to her brain - seriously.(May 30, 2018 at 10:14 am)The Industrial Atheist Wrote: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/rosean...tp&ffid=gz
Barr's most pointed charge came toward actor Michael Fishman, who played her son D.J. Conner in the ABC reboot.
TheWrap Roseanne "My character was designed to represent the inclusive nature of my views. To represent portions of society often marginalized. In this moment it is important to be clear," said Fishman in part of a lengthy statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday after Barr came under fire for a racist tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. "We must stand-up against; bias, hatred, bigotry and ignorance to make society a better place for all."
"I created the platform for that inclusivity and you know it." Barr snapped. "You throw me under the bus. nice!"
I don't believe her Ambien excuse. This shows a lack of character and an inability to take responsibility. If she's really a good person who was making loopy comments, I don't think she would've criticized others for rightfully criticizing her.
I think a lot of the problem, is people don't know who Roseanne Barr is outside of what CNN and Twitter tells them.
Things like in 1994, ABC was trying to keep an episode of Roseanne featuring a Lesbian kiss off the air, and Roseanne told them she'd take her show to another network if they didn't air it.
That show also addressed domestic abuse, birth control, gay marriage, abortion, worker rights, depression, mental illness, child abuse, interracial relationships, etc.. And not in a hokey cartoon-y way She is exactly right that she created the platform. And it wasn't like it is now, where people do 'tough episodes' because they know they will be applauded as progressive heroes. This was back when it didn't happen. She was so far ahead of the curve.
But then she got old, and bought into too much conspiracy stuff, which is sad. And she's always been a comedian who worries about how other people will 'interpret' what she says later, so once people turned on her, it'd be easy to get rid of her.
Essentially, for those of us old enough to remember, she spent her entire adult life championing the right things at great personal cost decades before the general population got on board. And people are ready to discard her because at 65, she bought into some conspiracies, and likes Trump.
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Regarding criticizing people criticizing her, I think she's probably frustrated that people who've done nothing are saying she's a bad person, when she's got a lifetime of hugely positive contributions that she had to fight tooth and nail for.
Her tweets are totally bizarre, all over the place and she looks totally confused to me. Erratic. Disjointed. Not normal.
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