"The Conners" Discussion Thread

[Vee]

Vulture digs it and says it's still progressive.

 

Edited March 26, 2018 by Vee

[BetterForgotten]

I honestly sometimes can't tell if Roseanne is exactly pro-Trump or if she's just trolling people.

 

Even before Trump, she was talking about how the 'Left' took things too far where they enabled the current social climate to be too "politically correct" where everything is taken too seriously - I think that's what pissing her off the most. I don't know if I'd ever call her a right-wing Conservative.

 

 

Edited March 26, 2018 by BetterForgotten

[Vee]

Oh, I think she means it. I also think her recent public appearances have indicated a fair amount of embarrassment mixed with stubborn old person pride. Both Kimmel and John Goodman roasted her on it and she barely fought back. She even urged people to vote him out if they wanted. I think/hope the reunited cast and crew have had an effect on her.

 

And yes, I do think it was borne out of a frustration with 'political correctness' with her - and too many other people like her, who the right radicalized from the far left when their privilege was threatened. Some can be won back, some can't. No amount of political correctness can excuse her vote or her behavior, but it is a trend we see again and again. Alienation in a changing world makes some people easy pickings when they can't adjust.

Edited March 26, 2018 by Vee

[BetterForgotten]

NY Times Review

[Vee]

Well, I'm officially optimistic.

[Juliajms]

I was reading Roseanne's wiki and saw this:

At 16, Barr was hit by a car; the incident left her with a traumatic brain injury.^[7] Her behavior changed so radically that she was institutionalized for eight months at Utah State Hospital.^[9] While institutionalized she had a baby, which she placed through adoption.^[10]

 

I had no idea she went through that. How awful.

 

I expect the show to be good. I look forward to it.

[BetterForgotten]

Yeah, and she was blackmailed by the National Enquirer to do an exclusive with them when they tracked down the daughter she gave up for adoption. She and her daughter are now very close. 

[Juliajms]

I knew the NE was despicable, but tracking down an adopted child and then blackmail? That is really nasty.

[BetterForgotten]

Yeah, they told her they were going to run the story without her permission if she didn't grant them an exclusive interview with her daughter. Roseanne was new to Hollywood at that time, and clearly didn't know how to deal with a lot of that attention. 

Edited March 26, 2018 by BetterForgotten

[Gray Bunny]

It's too bad so much of the press focuses on the "Trump" aspect of Roseanne Conner, considering they only focus on that for the first episode. That's what happened for Will & Grace's return, only stronger. 

[Vee]

Yeah, the pilot sounds rocky, but pilots usually are. I'm glad it's an hour event. They've also only screened 3.

 

Wow: Even Alan Sepinwall likes it.

[Vee]

Lecy requested Sarah come back:

 

 

[Faulkner]

What a weird, awkward interview with Roseanne, John, and Sara on The View. Lots of dead silences and missed cues from Whoopi and team. Just very unprofessional. 

[BetterForgotten]

I except nothing less from what's become of The View. 

[Soapsuds]

Probably because they aren't interested in the reboot.