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Showing Original Post only (View all)Excellent take on the Roseanne reboot [View all]
This perfectly expresses my feelings about the show.
The Roseanne Reboot Is Funny. Im Not Going to Keep Watching.
By Roxanne Gay
New York Times
March 30, 2018
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/opinion/roseanne-reboot-trump.html#click=https://t.co/8AC4TPPglB
Roseanne reboot, I thought again about accountability. I laughed, yes, and enjoyed seeing the Conner family back on my screen. My first reaction was that the show was excellent. But I could not set aside what I know of Roseanne Barr and how toxic and dangerous her current public persona is. I could not overlook how the Conner family came together to support Mark as he was bullied at school for his gender presentation, after voting for a president who actively works against the transgender community. They voted for a president who doesnt think the black life of their granddaughter matters. They act as if love can protect the most vulnerable members of their family from the repercussions of their political choices. It cannot.
This fictional family, and the shows very real creator, are further normalizing Trump and his warped, harmful political ideologies. There are times when we can consume problematic pop culture, but this is not one of those times. I saw the first two episodes of the Roseanne reboot, but thats all I am going to watch. Its a small line to draw, but its a start.
By Roxanne Gay
New York Times
March 30, 2018
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/opinion/roseanne-reboot-trump.html#click=https://t.co/8AC4TPPglB
Roseanne reboot, I thought again about accountability. I laughed, yes, and enjoyed seeing the Conner family back on my screen. My first reaction was that the show was excellent. But I could not set aside what I know of Roseanne Barr and how toxic and dangerous her current public persona is. I could not overlook how the Conner family came together to support Mark as he was bullied at school for his gender presentation, after voting for a president who actively works against the transgender community. They voted for a president who doesnt think the black life of their granddaughter matters. They act as if love can protect the most vulnerable members of their family from the repercussions of their political choices. It cannot.
This fictional family, and the shows very real creator, are further normalizing Trump and his warped, harmful political ideologies. There are times when we can consume problematic pop culture, but this is not one of those times. I saw the first two episodes of the Roseanne reboot, but thats all I am going to watch. Its a small line to draw, but its a start.
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Why dont they show the gender fluid kid getting kicked out to live on the streets?
ismnotwasm
Mar 2018
#1
I expect those ratings to plummet over the next weeks. Viewers were just curious but will soon...
brush
Mar 2018
#40
I am not watching it either as it normalizes Trump. And falsely presents a picture of how everyone
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#4
Its not just "normalizing Trump", its normalizing all his racist, sexist, bigoted,
procon
Mar 2018
#6
I don't use the muffler shop up the street because he has Dixie flag hung in his shop....
marble falls
Mar 2018
#11
There's a shop in town that posted that crap, too. Actually hurt their business because...
marble falls
Mar 2018
#19
I rarely let an entertainer's politics influence whether I support their performances
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#23
Holllywood has in the past intentionally slow walked the American public to an epiphany
lostnfound
Mar 2018
#62
I wish DUers would stop implying that Hillary called ALL Trump supporters deplorables.
LAS14
Mar 2018
#46
YESSS anyone who was paying attention and remembers the context in which that label was
Kashkakat v.2.0
Mar 2018
#88
Never found her funny. More like "funny." I'd tune in if it was Goodman and Metcalf.
Hassler
Mar 2018
#49
This may old news to several people but another reason why I won't watch her show.
flying_wahini
Mar 2018
#56
Also my concern, any amount of normalization is bad and must be rejected.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#76
Ill wait to see what the verdict is re: the whole season - now that TV is digital I judge a series
Kashkakat v.2.0
Mar 2018
#89