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Sassy Roseanne Claps Back At ABC Execs Who Threaten To Change Her Show
Nobody puts Roseanne Barr in the corner, not even the ABC executives who produce her hit show and are desperate to make her change her character and the general nature of the program.
Speaking to the media at a conference last week, these ABC executives promised to make some changes to “Roseanne” to make the show more palatable to liberals, but they were not ready for sassy Roseanne to fire back at them with both barrels.
Now that Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing” is coming back to television this fall, after being canceled by ABC, “Roseanne” will be one of only two shows that feature a main character that isn’t a stark, raving mad liberal.
But ABC executives, the same executives that gave Allen’s show the boot, said that they were going to make changes to “Roseanne” the show and tone back the politics.
“The decisions that we made last year in terms of canceling ‘Last Man Standing’ were made with the best information that we had at the time,” ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a conference call before the network’s upfront presentation, according to TheWrap.
Mad World reports: “I think that one of the things that was fresh for us with ‘Roseanne’ on the air is that it is focusing on a family that is in a different economic status than some of the other family comedies that are on the air,” Dungey said, before adding that the goal of the network is to be “as diverse and as inclusive as possible … across all metrics.” Yeah, provided that the diversity does not include any characters that don’t promote radical liberal ideology.
“I think that they’re going to stay on the path that they were on toward the end of last season, which is away from politics and toward family,” Dungey said.
But Mr. Dungey apparently forgot to check in with Roseanne.
The star had something to say about it on Tuesday when she reassured the fans of her show that her pro-Trump character, and the politics on the show, ain’t going nowhere.
“Don’t worry, #Roseanne show fans-next season will be even braver/funnier/timely than this season, despite what anyone mistakenly says,” Barr wrote on Twitter.
don't worry, #Roseanne show fans-next season will be even braver/funnier/timely than this season, despite what anyone mistakenly says.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 16, 2018
Fans of the show were thrilled to see her stand up to Dungey and those who want to silence her.
“Phew! It’s your show and if you decide on a different direction, fine – but someone else deciding for you didn’t sit well,” one fan wrote.
Phew! It's your show and if you decide on a different direction, fine – but someone else deciding for you didn't sit well.
— CiCi Van Tine (@CiCiVanTine) May 16, 2018
“ABC is trying to stifle your creativity. Stand strong,” Dana Matthew Worley said.
“I’m glad to hear that! That is why so many people like and gravitate towards you. You stand strong on what you believe and you don’t let anyone try to change your creative direction!!” Nicole Nesbitt wrote.
I'm glad to hear that! That is why so many people like and gravitate towards you. You stand strong on what you believe and you don't let anyone try to change your creative direction!!
— Nicole
