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In reply to the discussion: The Roseanne revival is incredibly honest about life in Trump's America [View all]Hekate
(90,645 posts)110. Alt-right? Roseanne is now a white nationalist? Where exactly did you get that?
Or do you not know that alt-right is synonymous with Neo-Nazi and White Nationalist?
I am not getting that from the new Rosanne Conner at all.
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yallerdawg
Mar 2018
OP
Except Carroll O'Connor was a liberal. He wasn't a Nixon humper in real life.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
#9
Alt-right? Roseanne is now a white nationalist? Where exactly did you get that?
Hekate
Mar 2018
#110
Also, the point of All in the Family was to show how ridiculous and backward Archie's views were
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#42
You don't find it strange that they injected "color" into the show by casting a cute black child but
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#60
There are a number of appearances and characters coming up in future episodes.
yallerdawg
Mar 2018
#64
You think that having a black child on the show isn't "tokenism" but having a black adult on is?
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#67
When I was a kid I remember my friend's father was reading The Gulag Archipelago, pretty dense stuff
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
#12
I think yallerdawg is pointing out that the writer of the article is talking about
Demit
Mar 2018
#90
I disagree. They portrayed Roseannes sister as an unhinged nutjob liberal woman.
Trust Buster
Mar 2018
#20
And yet here we are discussing it. Sit-coms have often been social commentary.
nolabear
Mar 2018
#38
Murphy Brown will be interesting as well. Im so sad Robert Pastorelli is gone.
nolabear
Mar 2018
#44
I love how they stick a black grandchild in there to prove how so not racist Roseanne is
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#41
l will make the bold prediction that I will not watch 1 second of the show.
CentralMass
Mar 2018
#69
Meh, I'm rather tired of the recent trend of revivials of old shows on TV.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2018
#88