WashPost Compares Trump-Supporting Roseanne Revival to Bigot Archie Bunker
The Washington Post on Tuesday looked at the upcoming revival of the classic ’90s sitcom Roseanne. Because it’s been announced that the character of Roseanne is a Trump supporter now, the Post’s Hank Stuever compared her to ‘70s bigot Archie Bunker.
The article’s headline screamed: “Rebooted Roseanne is a proud ‘deplorable.’ Can she be the Trump era’s Archie Bunker?” Stuever linked:
That Roseanne Conner is now a proud “deplorable” should come as no surprise, nor is it a surprise that some of Roseanne’s loved ones oppose her politics, just as Archie Bunker was hectored by his daughter and son-in-law during the Nixon years.
He explained the dynamic of the revived show and Roseanne’s feud with her liberal sister Jackie:
Roseanne and her sister Jackie (Metcalf, donning her knitted pink hat and a “Nasty Woman” T-shirt) haven’t spoken since Election Night. After a detente family dinner brokered by Roseanne’s recently returned daughter Darlene (Gilbert), the sisters are at least able to hear one another’s frustrations.
“He talked about jobs, Jackie, he said to shake things up,” Roseanne says. “I know this may come as a shock to you, but we almost lost our house because of the way things were going.”
“Have you looked at the news?” Jackie snaps back. “Because now things are worse.”
“Not on the real news,” Roseanne replies.
To Stuever’s credit, he realizes how out of touch Hollywood can be with those who don’t default to supporting liberals:
And rather than laugh, the studio audience emits a noise somewhere between an “Oooh” and a gasp, a sound that indicates that neither Hollywood nor the audience (nor even critics) knows how to go on loving a character who is that far outside their bubble.
The Post journalist added: “There is a strong sense — even a giddy anticipation — that ‘Roseanne’ is the sitcom that will at long last go there…. Since 2016, [Hollywood has] also doubled down on their disinterest in red states.”
In the '90s, Roseanne had its fair share of liberal plots that garnered media attention. Now that the main character is not a Hillary Clinton supporter, it will be interesting to see how the revived show is covered.
from NewsBusters http://bit.ly/2G03YTg
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