Roseanne cancelled

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It started with a tweet from Roseanne Barr about ex-Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett was born in Iran to a black father and white mother. Barr tweeted what she claimed was a joke, comparing Jarrett to an ape and connecting her to the Muslim Brotherhood: "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=VJ”

Within an hour, Wanda Sykes announced that she was leaving the show as Consulting Producer. Sara Gilbert tweeted her displeasure. A few hours later, ABC announced the show has been cancelled.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/29/roseanne-barr-tweet-valerie-jarrett-ape

Mickeroo

Did they change the actress for the oldest sister again?

The Backwards Man

Trump supporter just being a Trump supporter.

A Pint of Goo

Why are blacks so thin skinned?


Mod- Take your racist views and kindly f off.
Perma banned

riffmongous

She's got form



Ironically now she's one of the biggest Israel supporters.. not all there is my guess

Overheal

“But muh political incorrectness!”

Good riddance

Badly Drunk Boy

riffmongous wrote: »

Ironically now she's one of the biggest Israel supporters.. not all there is my guess

A few months ago, didn't she tweet about how all the Irish were anti-Semitic?

circadian

I think shes either looking for attention or just off her head to be honest. She has a track history of supporting liberal causes but after loosing out to Jill Stein in the Green Party nomination in 2012 it just seems like she's been all over the place.

DrumSteve

A Pint of Goo wrote: »

Why are blacks so thin skinned?

There is not a big enough rolleyes for this.

Ulysses Gaze

A Pint of Goo wrote: »

Why are blacks so thin skinned?

Hande hoche!

Twitter really seems a great way to get fired.

Cupcake_Crisis

A Pint of Goo wrote: »

Why are blacks so thin skinned?

You know there’s easier ways to get banned than what you’re currently doing?

Try_harder

Mickeroo wrote: »

Did they change the actress for the oldest sister again?

No it was the same one afaik (the original) not Sarah Chalke who played an alternative character in the reboot

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Trump supporter just being a Trump supporter.

Yes, 60m+ Americans are massive racists.

Duck Soup

Roseanne Barr is free to say whatever she wants. Twitter didn't pull her tweet. ABC didn't pull her tweet. Roseanne did.

And all the other Twitter members have the right to respond. This free speech thing works both ways.

And ABC has the right to pull the show. Their network, their brand, is a lot bigger than Roseanne. They have to consider how continuing with the show reflects on them.

It's odd, I don't remember the likes of Trump championing the right to free speech of athletes to protest. He said they should leave the country. Presumably he'll say the same thing about Roseanne Barr. Probably not.

thebull85

A Pint of Goo wrote: »

Why are blacks so thin skinned?

Because racist...

A Pint of Goo

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

You know there’s easier ways to get banned than what you’re currently doing?

There was an apology made. Why not shake hands and move on like adults?

Bubbaclaus

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes, 60m+ Americans are massive racists.

I've travelled through that country a lot. Figure sounds accurate.

The Backwards Man

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, 60m+ Americans are massive racists.

I was going more for the pig-ignorant moron angle actually.

But whatever fits.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

I've travelled through that country a lot. Figure sounds accurate.

I lived there. Didn’t meet a racist. Not an overt racist anyway.

pleas advice

riffmongous wrote: »

She's got form



Ironically now she's one of the biggest Israel supporters.. not all there is my guess

Ah, that's funny though

Franz Von Peppercorn

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I was going more for the pig-ignorant moron angle actually.

But whatever fits.

This, from Donegal.

super_furry

I’m sure we’re going to have the usual suspects whinge about snowflakes and political correctness but when you work for Disney, maybe tone done the naked racism and Infowars mouth-crap done a bit.

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I was going more for the pig-ignorant moron angle actually.

But whatever fits.

You must have missed the memo.. It's sexist and racist that have been found to be most effective.

TheValeyard

super_furry wrote: »

I’m sure we’re going to have the usual suspects whinge about snowflakes and political correctness but when you work for Disney, maybe tone done the naked racism, anti-semitism and Infowars mouth-crap done a bit.

Although for Disney, a bit of Auld antisemitism gets you top job!

Just how unbefúckinlievably obtuse must one be to compare an African-American to a character in Planet of the Apes?

Stunning.

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BailMeOut

A Pint of Goo wrote: »

Why are blacks so thin skinned?

why are so many people on boards racists?

In other threads, I've said I wished Ireland has this level of free speech akin to America. In the UK, this could land someone in serious trouble.

It's good she loses her job, and it's good she isn't in legal trouble.

riffmongous

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, 60m+ Americans are massive racists.

That's being generous



https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

SEPT 23 1989

88-97 was the last time it was on

The crest of the wave for mankind before it broke and we ended up with this internet sh1theap

riffmongous

riffmongous wrote: »

That's being generous



https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

Bush intentionally misled on Iraq WMDs - Is that still a conspiracy theory?

Aliens exist - The beat scientific minds we have all believe there is life out there.

The government controls minds with TV 15 - Never heard of that.

CIA developed crack - They did run drugs so that's an easy box to tick for people doing a questionaire.

Bin Laden is alive - Decently fair. He shouldn't have been thrown of a boat.

Lizard people control politics - 4 percent of people have a sense of humour, I hope.

Duck Soup

Deleted User wrote: »

Just how unbefúckinlievably obtuse must one be to compare an African-American to a character in Planet of the Apes?

Stunning.

Barr's a serial offender. You may remember Susan Rice was also an African-American woman in the Obama administration. From 2013:

Ulysses Gaze

riffmongous wrote: »

That's being generous



https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

What a bunch of morons.

The Lizard People ARE the New World Order.....

:rolleyes:

Taytoland

Entertainers should just stay out of politics and stick to the entertainment industry. It brings nothing but trouble. Elvis had a mantra about staying out of politics as much as he possibly could. Taylor Swift never really talks about politics, don't know her views on anything really and she sells well among both tribes in America.

wexie

riffmongous wrote: »

That's being generous

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

That makes for some scary reading

Would love to see a more up to date version of that poll, if you check the actual pol it cross references who people voted for in the 2012 elections and how the answers are distributed.

somefeen

I thought it was already cancelled? The husband was dead and it was a dream or some such bollocks

Cee-Jay-Cee

Roseanne cancelled? I thought it had been cancelled in 1998!

Franz Von Peppercorn

riffmongous wrote: »

That's being generous



https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

What do people mean when they say the new world order is a conspiracy theory? I mean it’s literally what daddy bush said.

blueser

She's not really in a position of moral authority re. criticising someone else's appearance. I'd give the mirrors a swerve if I were her.

Badly Drunk Boy

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Roseanne cancelled? I thought it had been cancelled in 1998!

They started the 10th series this year.

Mrcaramelchoc

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Roseanne cancelled? I thought it had been cancelled in 1998!

it is 1998? !whats wrong with you. get ready for y2k

Odhinn

Bit of a header with access to twitter is always going to end in tears (or the whitehouse)- eg

“Sorry to have tweeted incorrect info about you!,” she wrote, again invoking Soros, a frequent target of Trump and the right. “I Please forgive me! By the way, George Soros is a nazi who turned in his fellow Jews 2 be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth-were you aware of that? But, we all make mistakes, right Chelsea?”
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/29/roseanne-barr-tweet-valerie-jarrett-ape

Pero_Bueno

Duck Soup wrote: »

It started with a tweet from Roseanne Barr about ex-Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett was born in Iran to a black father and white mother. Barr tweeted what she claimed was a joke, comparing Jarrett to an ape and connecting her to the Muslim Brotherhood: "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=VJ”

Within an hour, Wanda Sykes announced that she was leaving the show as Consulting Producer. Sara Gilbert tweeted her displeasure. A few hours later, ABC announced the show has been cancelled.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/29/roseanne-barr-tweet-valerie-jarrett-ape

Not that I'll defend what she did, but it's a bit rich from Wanda Sykes, she is a racist bigot herself - but it's racism against whites so it's all good..

Odhinn

Pero_Bueno wrote: »

Not that I'll defend what she did, but it's a bit rich from Wanda Sykes, she is a racist bigot herself - but it's racism against whites so it's all good..

You've some examples...?

RobbingBandit

She's ruined a good thing for so many others on the show by spouting this drivil maybe Fox might give her a one manatee show, hope John Goodman kicks her three asses.

Overheal

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

They started the 10th series this year.

indeed it was mainly to fill a void left by the cancellation of Tim Allen's show, which the right got infuriated about - even though they didn't watch it, and the ratings slid, so the network made a call to pull it believing they weren't going to magically recover under Trump.

AllForIt

What a pity. One of my all time favourite comedy shows. Mind you the first few episodes of the first new series weren't great but maybe it would have got going later but we'll never know now. Whatever about he wacky opinions it was utterly stupid of her to voice them when she was getting hers and others careers back on track. She's lost a lot of fans and respect over this, permanently.

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AllForIt wrote: »

What a pity. One of my all time favourite comedy shows. Mind you the first few episodes of the first new series weren't great but maybe it would have got going later but we'll never know now. Whatever about he wacky opinions it was utterly stupid of her to voice them when she was getting hers and others careers back on track. She's lost a lot of fans and respect over this, permanently.

There's no way they could have continued the show in any event. Even if ABC hadn't cancelled it, how many of the cast would have returned for Season 2? Galecki? Gilbert? Goodman? Good luck with writing the script to explain all the absences.

More broadly, ABC is owned by Disney, and even if Roseanne itself held onto every cast and production member, the related ABC and Disney talent might not want to be associated with a network/corporation that's swallows principles to keep profits.

In the short term, ABC will take a hit. in the longer term, their brand will have shown itself to be on the right side of history. But what I would point out is that Barr was well-known to be a rabid conspiracy theorist (she claimed Chelsea Clinton was married to a nephew of George Soros) and had made plenty of unsavoury tweets.

ABC knew this and still commissioned the Roseanne re-boot. I'm guessing that they thought millions of dollars a year would keep Barr on the straight and narrow. Apparently not.

AllForIt

Duck Soup wrote: »

There's no way they could have continued the show in any event. Even if ABC hadn't cancelled it, how many of the cast would have returned for Season 2? Galecki? Gilbert? Goodman? Good luck with writing the script to explain all the absences.

I agree with you. I wasn't suggesting ABC made the wrong decision, I just think its a pity the way it's turned out.

Peatys

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

You know there’s easier ways to get banned than what you’re currently doing?

Was that not the start of a joke?