🐱 ABC drops Roseanne show after racist tweet

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/roseanne-canceled-abc-1202824211/

ABC has pulled the plug on the revival “Roseanne.”

The move comes after series star Roseanne Barr made a comment on Twitter Tuesday morning referring to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”

“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a statement.

Barr deleted her tweet about Jarrett not long after posting it. She followed it up with an apology which read, “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste. I am now leaving Twitter.”

The revival of the classic sitcom was set to air a 13-episode eleventh season this fall. The move represents a remarkable turn of events for the network, Barr, and a show that finished the season as the No. 1 scripted primetime television series in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen live-plus-same say numbers.





Just two weeks ago at ABC’s upfront presentation, Barr introduced Disney-ABC Television Group president Ben Sherwood, joking that he was “the guy responsible for most of my tweets.” Sherwood and Barr hugged onstage, and the the exec noted that ABC had not had television’s No. 1 show in 24 years. Dungey, during her portion of the presentation, bragged that “The premiere ratings even took us by surprise,” claiming that 1 in 10 Americans has seen the “Roseanne” revival premiere.

More to come…

 

[Incredible Crisis]

I do not joke. She's gone all in.

She should guest host the show.

 

[Mister Qwerty]

 

[Dysnomia]

Priorities in the current year.

 

[Derp Potato]

Death only sells in the current year if a white incel does it.

 

[Particle Bored]

• confirmed Clinton Foundation connections to people who actually trafficked children in post-earthquake Haiti.

Heck sometimes something was important enough to bypass the foundation and get personally involved.
https://disobedientmedia.com/2017/0...king-scandal-and-how-the-media-covered-it-up/

lol this thread is really bringing out the neo-nazis

I believe Soros prefers the term “honorary Nazi.”

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Yeah. Disney ABC are way worse than anything Roseanne did considering they knowingly hired pedos to work with children, but hey- they cancelled a show so now they're cool again, apparently.

 

[robobobo]

I have to wonder if she isn't going all-in on the crazy to drop off the face of the planet for a month, then come back and say she had a psychotic break and needed professional care, oh all that stuff including the one that got her show fired was just part of it and she's better now so Disney can show empathy to a woman struggling with a disability and give the show back.

 

[LN 910]

I miss the salt mines.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

I hope she goes full nuclear option and starts talking about the Clinton body count including how they sabotaged JFK Jr's plane, Michelle Obama being a tranny, Barry Soetoro, Chappaquiddick, gay frogs, MKUltra and Joe Biden's pedophilia.

 

[Shugo]

I hope she goes full nuclear option and starts talking about the Clinton body count including how they sabotaged JFK Jr's plane, Michelle Obama being a tranny, Barry Soetoro, Chappaquiddick, gay frogs, MKUltra and Joe Biden's pedophilia.

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I hope she becomes the next spokesperson for Alex Jones' supplements in addition to these, and 9/11 being an inside job.

 

[Dysnomia]

Some of her more crazy fans are blaming Michelle Obama for the cancellation.

https://www.essence.com/celebrity/roseanne-barr-michelle-obama-show-canceled

Just days after ABC pulled the plug on Roseanne Barr’s hit sitcom, Roseanne, because of the actor’s racist tweets, the show’s namesake is still talking.

On Tuesday, Barr took to Twitter to compare former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett to an ape, resulting in Channing Dungey, the first African-American president of ABC Entertainment, pulling the plug on her show.

After Roseanne was canceled, Barr seemed remorseful, telling her fans, “don't defend me, it's sweet of you 2 try, but...losing my show is 0 compared 2 being labelled a racist over one tweet-that I regret even more.”

However, as Barr’s Right-wing supporters began complaining about “the liberal media” taking her down for being an ardent Donald Trump supporter, the comedian ditched her promise to leave Twitter and instead began re-sharing conspiracy theories about her ouster.

And one of the outlandish claims was aimed at First Lady Michelle Obama.

According to one conservative, “ABC President Channing Dungey had a long conversation via phone with former First Lady Michelle Obama before deciding to cancel the Roseanne show. Michelle Obama was reportedly enraged and insisted an apology was inadequate.”

Though no evidence was provided for the claim other than “sources,” Barr’s supporters ran with the idea and the disgraced actor even re-tweeted the post herself (as well as several other anti-Obama tweets).

Instead of being properly shamed by her actions, Barr’s supporters have seemed to bolster her confidence. After both her new show and the reruns of her old sitcom were yanked from the air, the comedian vowed to “fight.”

“You guys make me feel like fighting back,” she tweeted the day after her show was canceled. “I will examine all of my options carefully and get back to U.”

Although there have been rumblings about the sitcom possibly being picked up by a conservative network, it remains to be seen if Barr's racist comments will have long-lasting effects on her career.

 

[Mrs Paul]

Quite frankly, I'm finding this far more entertaining than any TV show. Would she qualify for lolcow status yet? (At least lolcalf)



As for George Soros, wasn't he like nine when the war started?

 

[Shugo]

As for George Soros, wasn't he like nine when the war started?

Yes, and he was 14 when he both said he helped his "protector" confiscate property from Jews and in the same few sentences said he didn't.

 

[Koby_Fish]

Yes, and he was 14 when he both said he helped his "protector" confiscate property from Jews and in the same few sentences said he didn't.

it's more like he wasn't taking responsibility for taking it. It's rather a strange reasoning, indicating some form of mental disturbance or anomaly in Soros' thinking process that started early, but it appears he rationalized that since other people would do it anyway, and it would be done anyway, he may as well do it but then it's not really him doing it, it's the people that ordered the confiscations (and all that other stuff) that bear all the responsibility.

I dunno if this is evidence of narcissism or psychopathy, but it's outright disturbing reasoning.

 

[Particle Bored]

it's more like he wasn't taking responsibility for taking it. It's rather a strange reasoning, indicating some form of mental disturbance or anomaly in Soros' thinking process that started early, but it appears he rationalized that since other people would do it anyway, and it would be done anyway, he may as well do it but then it's not really him doing it, it's the people that ordered the confiscations (and all that other stuff) that bear all the responsibility.

I dunno if this is evidence of narcissism or psychopathy, but it's outright disturbing reasoning.

When someone flat out admits their sole purpose is profit and they "cannot and do not look at the social consequences of what [they] do," it should cause one to consider more closely the types of social organizations in which he chooses to "invest."

Sorry for the fftopic:; I'd question whether Soros even knew, let alone cared, about Roseanne's tweet. Maybe if she called him a filthy scheming kike she would have been pilloried just the same, but at least she'd have the defense of being Jewish herself. Going after Barry's roomie was a bigger mistake, though if she had worded it more... tactfully, I doubt Jarrett would give much of a fuck either. But she gave them an opening and they took it.

BTW, how was it figured out that "vj" was Jarrett anyhow?

 

[Ineedahero]

Why do people act like Soros is a conspiracy? He's extremely open about funding movements and even protests to fight the right.

I'm pretty sure the right obsesses about him because of his villainous sounding name. Warren Buffet is probably a much worse billionaire as far as funding liberal causes for selfish reasons goes.



Can't wait to see her on InfoWars.

People treat Soros like a conspiracy because for the past decade or so, up until very recently, the left insisted it was all just a wild conspiracy made up by the right. Only in the past year or so has the left changed tactics, going with the 'oh of course George Soros constantly meddles in political affairs, lots of billionaires do, stop acting like it's some big conspiracy you dummies' tactic.

 

[Koby_Fish]

People treat Soros like a conspiracy because for the past decade or so, up until very recently, the left insisted it was all just a wild conspiracy made up by the right. Only in the past year or so has the left changed tactics, going with the 'oh of course George Soros constantly meddles in political affairs, lots of billionaires do, stop acting like it's some big conspiracy you dummies' tactic.

The first time I even heard of the dude, he'd screwed over several countries' currencies, on purpose.

Soros himself may not care what Roseanne tweets, but his footsoldiers do.

 

[Medicated]

The cancelling redpilled her.

I'm fucking loving it.

She works in Hollywood, she already knew how the business worked, what the gossip in the industry. They just pissed her off now.

• confirmed Clinton Foundation connections to people who actually trafficked children in post-earthquake Haiti
• the absurdity of a pizzeria owner being on GQ's "50 most powerful people in Washington DC" list
• the chilling pictures that were deleted(but archived) off said pizza owner's Instagram of taping children to tables and rinsing down meat storage lockers
• Podesta being a creepy pedo-art collector and connecting the two


I feel culturally enriched today

The whole pizzagate thing is a poisoned well now. There's no point in mentioning it because whenever you mention something related to child trafficking and DNC head staffer owned childrens ping pong pizza parlors, now it just conjurers images of a crazy guy with a tinfoil hat charging at a pizza hut with a gun out in peoples minds.

People are happy to accept that, because honestly, who wants to think that powerful people around the world could buy and sell children, to do whatever they want with, and no one would ever know? Who wants to be right about and international child sex ring for the rich and powerful?

 

[Haramburger]

 

[AnOminous]

it's more like he wasn't taking responsibility for taking it. It's rather a strange reasoning, indicating some form of mental disturbance or anomaly in Soros' thinking process that started early, but it appears he rationalized that since other people would do it anyway, and it would be done anyway, he may as well do it but then it's not really him doing it, it's the people that ordered the confiscations (and all that other stuff) that bear all the responsibility.

Because the "I was only following orders" excuse worked so well at Nuremberg.

I'd cut a tiny amount of slack for him being basically forced into it at 14, although it certainly precludes him from ever being canonized or made Pope.

Oh, wait. No it wouldn't, since Pope Been-a-Dick was a Nazi Youth himself.