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'Roseanne' Canceled at ABC Following Racist Tweet
Hollywood Reporter ^ | May 29, 2018

Posted on 05/29/2018 11:48:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

"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 Tuesday.

ABC, in a stunning move, has decided to cancel its Roseanne revival following star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet Tuesday. "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 Tuesday.

Early Tuesday, star, head writer and exec producer Barr attacked Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, in a since-deleted tweet in which she said "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Barr subsequently apologized: "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."

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger also weighed in on the decision to cancel Roseanne: "There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing," he tweeted.

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Barr's tweet prompted a massive outcry across social media, with thousands condeming the actress-comedian's comments and calling on ABC to cancel her series. The Disney-owned network's decision to cancel the comedy marked the first time the network has taken action in response to one of Barr's controversial tweets.

Axing the Roseanne revival was no small decision for ABC.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


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To: COUNTrecount
Would ABC do the same if someone made a comment about TRUMP or a member of his cabinet like Ben Carson?
21 posted on 05/29/2018 12:02:28 PM PDT by wmileo
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To: COUNTrecount

Goodbye $$$ for ABC.


22 posted on 05/29/2018 12:02:38 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Sa-teef

Roseanne was wrong though. Clearly Jarrett is what you get when you cross a muslim terrorist with a whitehouse advisor.


23 posted on 05/29/2018 12:02:48 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

It was very inappropriate, I don’t recall any lizard people in Planet of the Apes.


24 posted on 05/29/2018 12:03:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: Blue Turtle

Silly Rabbit that only applies to Commie Comedians..they can say whatever disgusting thing they want about US and its fine and dandy


25 posted on 05/29/2018 12:03:03 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Para-Ord.45

Michael Shannon said Trump supporters deserved the urn. David Harbour encouraged violence against Trump supporters at the SAG awards. Both are expected to contend for Emmys this year.


26 posted on 05/29/2018 12:03:56 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: dainbramaged

It was right on point. Jarrett and the heroine in POTA bear a striking resemblance.


27 posted on 05/29/2018 12:03:58 PM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Yep. I applaud her sentiment, but she pushed her luck way too far this time. Nobody conservative can get away with THAT these days. That kind of opprobrium is reserved for liberals.


28 posted on 05/29/2018 12:04:52 PM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Valerie Jarrett is NOT a black woman, she is Iranian.


29 posted on 05/29/2018 12:06:07 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: COUNTrecount

Yeah, I remember all the same kind of backlash when all those liberal a-wipes were comparing W to a chimp every day.

Wait, no I don’t because nothing ever happened to any of them.


30 posted on 05/29/2018 12:06:12 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I don’t get the apes vs human insult....maybe 125 years ago. The planet of the apes was all about taking over the earth. Yes by ape like creatures. The Muslim Brotherhood has the same idea, take over the world.

Jeez are people sensitive when it suits them. Folks look at a page in a book and see mostly white, must be racist. Obviously I am wrong, but I really don’t know why. Maybe I should go to starbucks.


31 posted on 05/29/2018 12:06:12 PM PDT by PSUGOP
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To: COUNTrecount

32 posted on 05/29/2018 12:06:32 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: COUNTrecount

So...I guess we’re going to see this, or others like it, posts for the rest of the day, week, month?

Rosanne has no self-control over what she says, or does. Remember the crotch-rubbings National Anthem?

The libs got what they wanted, Rosanne cancelled.

But, is anyone on the right calling for a boycott of ABC’s sponsors? I guess little dweeb David Hogg has more on the ball in that way of fighting back.

ABC is probably NOT going to reverse its decision, so, I’m not going to put much thought on it.

To me, Jarrett looks more like a reptile, than an ape, anyway. but the left has their “trigger”, which is what they were waiting for in ambush.


33 posted on 05/29/2018 12:06:54 PM PDT by FrankR (If it wasn't for stupid ideas, the left would have no ideas at all.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Anything would have cancelled the show.

You’re absolutely right. Perhaps Hollywood will stand up to the tyranny. They all know it, and they know it’s gone too far.

If they don’t, then Elie Wiesel will finally click to them.


34 posted on 05/29/2018 12:07:08 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: COUNTrecount

But shows that slam Trump, conservatives and Republicans are okay with them ... if it weren’t for double standards .....


35 posted on 05/29/2018 12:07:37 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: COUNTrecount

I like Roseanne...and even more so now.


36 posted on 05/29/2018 12:07:57 PM PDT by pallmallman
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Valarie Jarrett is not black. She’s even more special. She is Iranian.


37 posted on 05/29/2018 12:08:15 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: miserare

Network TV is mostly terrible. Cable and streaming are superior.


38 posted on 05/29/2018 12:08:47 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: packrat35
Valarie Jarret’s Father, a graduate of Howard University and Doctor of Hematology. An internationally recognized expert on pathology, inherited blood diseases and population genetics, Bowman was the first tenured African American professor in the University’s Biological Sciences Division. He also was a powerful advocate for minority scholars seeking access to academic medical careers.

So yeah, she is black


39 posted on 05/29/2018 12:09:06 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: COUNTrecount
Tell the media not to come into the kitchen (where the money is coined) if they can't stand the heat. I guess making money through broadcasting to an audience hungering for truth and ressupersized onating with it, especially when comedically presented, however uncomfortable, isn't coincident with ABC's interests.

Roseann need not apologize to Valerie. The comparison was obviously justly deserved.

Picture a cartoon with Valerie the Persian as an organ-grinder with a monkey and its begging cup. Everybody dance, now!

40 posted on 05/29/2018 12:09:42 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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