"Roseanne" Barred: Racist Tweet Gets Show Cancelled

Now we all know that Roseanne Barr has never been a stranger to controversy This woman has been using inflammatory statements and divisive rhetoric as the water wings with which she remained afloat in this ocean of relevance we call pop culture for years now amp160Flip through her catalog and youamp8217ll find hits like 1990amp8217s amp8220Disgracing the National Anthemamp8221 and 2018amp8217s amp8220That Time I Called a Parkland Shooting Survivor a Naziamp8221 amp160And who could forget her summer 2009 joint amp8220Letamp8217s Take Photos Dressed Like Hitleramp8230 In Front of an Ovenamp8221Of course with the recent revival of her selftitled show being such a hit with MAGA hat wearers everywhere Roseanne pulled in 1844 million viewers during its twopart premiere amp8211 networks and advertisers alike were willing to turn a blind eye to her antics amp160It seemed to the chagrin of many that the normalization of hate and ignorancebased tenets she facilitated via her platform would continue unchecked as long as she remained a viable financial asset to her employers amp160At least thatamp8217s what we thoughtWithin hours of the tweet about Jarrett the hammer dropped on Barr amp8220Roseanneamp8217s Twitter statement is abhorrent repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her showamp8221 said ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey in a statementSara Gilbert who plays erm played Rosanneamp8217s daughter Darlene on the show said amp8220Roseanneamp8217s recent comments about Valerie Jarrett and so much more are abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show amp160I am disappointed in her actions to say the leastamp8221 Other members of the cast and crew expressed similar sentiments including Wanda Sykes a consulting producer on the show whose response on Twitter was simply amp8220I will not be returning to RoseanneOnABCamp8221 A fan of the show tweeted to actress Sandra Bernhard amp8220So sad we wonamp8217t see you and the rest of the great cast of Roseanne nowamp8221 to which she replied amp8220Well thereamp8217s only one person to blameamp8221The backlash actually elicited an apology from Roseanne who said herself in a tweet that the joke was amp8220in bad tasteamp8221 and that she amp8220should have known betteramp8221 amp160No shit lady amp160She also stated sheamp8217d be leaving Twitter but weamp8217ll see about thatSo what does this all mean amp160Iamp8217m not really sure amp160People like Barr arenamp8217t new Neither are people like Trump amp160The one thing that seemed to have changed in recent years was how emboldened those types of people became amp160The revival of Barramp8217s sitcom was an indication that the underlying ignorance and prejudice driving most of the showamp8217s new fan base had a stronger foothold in the American household than anyone nonstraight andor nonwhite could stomach amp160Ignorance is dangerous and when supported and seemingly justified it can make the foundation for violence and verbal abuse that much more solidNone of that mattered before Barramp8217s little slip up though amp160Roseanne was raking in the dough and prior to this debacle had already been greenlit for another season amp160Really the reason everyone is so surprised that this actually happened is because of what a huge part of ABCamp8217s primetime line up this show was supposed to be moving forward amp160To me however it still begs the question Exactly how commendable is this move by ABC amp160Iamp8217m not questioning whether or not it shouldamp8217ve happened amp160Of course it should have but I canamp8217t ignore the part of me thatamp8217s saying amp8220Itamp8217s about damn timeamp8221Either way for the first time since a reality television star became the President of our country a couple years ago it feels like a new baseline has been set Maybe now other major networks will be emboldened in a positive way to draw an inerasable line in the sand one that separates human decency and dollars rhetoric and revenue and clearly defines which ones are more important Of course Roseanne is sorry now amp160She just lost her job and cost all of her coworkers theirs as well amp160Iamp8217d be sorry too but the fact is she said what she said and now she has to deal with the consequences As a champion of free speech Iamp8217m not saying that she doesnamp8217t have the right to think and say whatever she wants amp160Of course she does but she amp8211 like all of us should still be held responsible for it Today she wasFreedom of speech is not freedom from consequenceamp160Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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