No amount of mental gymnastics can make what Roseanne Barr has said and done in recent years palatable. She is more invested in banal and shallow provocation than engaging with sociopolitical issues in a thoughtful manner. Where once she was edgy and provocative, she is now absurd and offensive. She tweets conspiracy theories, rails against feminism and shares Islamophobic opinions. She is a supporter of Donald Trump, vocalizing her thoughts about making America great, claiming that with her vote, she was trying to shake things up. Whatever charm and intelligence she brought to the first nine seasons of her show, a show I very much loved, are absolutely absent in her current persona, particularly as it manifests on Twitter. Barr noxious, transphobic, racist and small-minded. I wasn’t going to watch the reboot because I find Ms.
In the case of Roseanne Barr and her critically acclaimed television show based on her life, it is nearly impossible. It can be very difficult to separate the art from the artist.
