Roseanne Revival Critics Petition for Cancellation in Wake of Racist Tweet

Roseanne Revival: Critics Petition for Cancellation in Wake of Racist Tweet

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In the wake of a racist remark on Twitter, an online effort urges ABC to #SuspendRoseanneNow despite Roseanne Barr offering multiple apologies.

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UPDATE: Roseanne has been cancelled by ABC.

In the wake of a racist remark on Twitter by series creator Roseanne Barr, many are now calling for the cancellation or suspension of the series Roseanne and a boycott of the show’s sponsors. Numerous hashtags are spreading on social media, with #SuspendRoseanneNow having emerged as the most popular.

One of the most popular family situation comedies of all time, Roseanne recently saw a revival some 21 years after its original run ended in 1997. The new series continued the adventures of the Conner clan in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois, though with a greater emphasis on modern American politics and family matriarch Roseanne Conner being portrayed as an outspoken supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump. Though the new series’ first episode scored the highest ratings of any sitcom in three years, it also lost most of its audience as the season went on. It also drew criticism for directly mocking other sitcoms that attempted to present more diverse representations of American families.

Related: Roseanne Revival Ratings Are Dropping

The original remark has been deleted from Barr’s Twitter account, but it involved a physical comparison of attorney Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama, to a character from Planet of the Apes. Since deleting the original tweet, Barr delivered a brief apology and said she was leaving Twitter. Five minutes later, she posted a more in-depth apology.

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I apologize. I am now leaving Twitter.

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.

Response to the original remarks has been swift, beyond even the #SuspendRoseanneNow hashtag and calls for a boycott of ABC’s sponsors. Wanda Sykes, a popular comedian who served as a Consulting Producer on Roseanne, has announced via her Twitter account that she will not be returning to the revival series for season 2.

I will not be returning to @RoseanneOnABC.

Sykes is presuming that Roseanne will still be receiving a second season, despite the vast public outcry against Barr’s racist remark. While ABC ordered a second season of Roseanne just two days after the first episode of the revival series aired, there is mounting evidence that the new series’ popularity was a short-lived phenomenon and that the nostalgic shine of the original show wore off quickly. Roseanne has seen its ratings drop steadily over the course of its first season, with its season finale only attracting 10.3 million viewers. This marks a significant drop-off of nearly half the viewership from the 18.44 million who watched the premiere.

It remains to be seen how ABC will respond to the public outcry against Roseanne. The only certainty in the face of the #SuspendRoseanneNow movement is that the controversy around Barr is unlikely to go away quietly anytime soon.

More: Roseanne May Tone Back Politics In Season 2

Source: #SuspendRoseanneNow, Roseanne Barr, Wanda Sykes

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Matt Morrison has been writing about comics since before the word “blogging” was coined. He got his start writing for the legendary DC Comics digital fanzine Fanzing, before receiving his own column, The Mount. Since then he has gone on to write for over a dozen websites, including 411 Mania, Comics Nexus and The Cult of Nobody. He holds both an MS in Information Science from the University of North Texas and a BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Known as a font of comic book history trivia, he has delivered lectures on the history of American Comic Books, Japanese Manga, Doctor Who, and Cosplay at over a dozen conventions and served as an Expert In-Residence for a course on Graphic Novels for Librarians at the University of North Texas. In addition to his work for Screen Rant, Matt is currently the Editor In Chief of Kabooooom.com and writes reviews for No Flying, No Tights – a graphic literature and anime review site aimed at teachers and librarians. He also maintains a personal blog – My Geeky Geeky Ways – which hosts his extensive episode guide for the television series making up The Arrowverse as well as his comedic Let’s Play videos. What little spare time he has is devoted towards acting, role-playing, movie-riffing and sarcasm. You can follow his adventures on Twitter, @GeekyGeekyWays.

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