The Roseanne revival is incredibly honest about life in Trump's America

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32. Roseanne (the person, not the character)

was always a bit off-the-wall publicly. Some of her antics were really outrageous and off-putting, but people watched the show anyway, as it had an excellent ensemble cast and top notch writing. They covered topics that few shows addressed and the family was more realistic than most sitcoms.

Of course, I thought Roseanne's support of Trump was a real turnoff, but I watched the show, because I wanted to see John Goodman as Dan and Laurie Metcalf as Jackie again. Though the show was named after Roseanne, she was not necessarily the strongest or most convincing actor. I never felt like she transitioned well from standup comedian to actor all that well. Without that extraordinary cast and writers, the show would have bombed I'm sure.

Meanwhile, prior to the show's debut, Roseanne started showing up in the news because of her extreme Tweets about politics. Maybe it was just Roseanne, being Roseanne, or maybe she was intentionally drawing attention to herself and as such, to her new show.

I will watch again, in support of the entire cast and writers.