Roseanne Cherrie Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer and director. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs before gaining fame for her role in the sitcom Roseanne. The show was a hit and lasted nine seasons, from 1988 to 1997. She won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show. Barr had crafted a "fierce working-class domestic goddess" persona in the eight years preceding her sitcom and wanted to do a realistic show about a strong mother who was not a victim of patriarchal consumerism.
The granddaughter of immigrants from Europe and Russia, Barr was the oldest of four children in a working-class Jewish Salt Lake City family; she was also active in the LDS Church. In 1974 she married Bill Pentland, with whom she had three children, before divorcing in 1990 and marrying comedian Tom Arnold for four years. Controversy arose when she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" off-key at a 1990 nationally aired baseball game, followed by spitting and grabbing her crotch.
After her sitcom ended, she launched her own talk show, The Roseanne Show, which aired from 1998 to 2000. In 2005, she returned to stand-up comedy with a world tour. In 2011, she began starring in an unscripted TV show, Roseanne's Nuts, about her life on a Hawaiian farm.
^ This was supposedly sarcasm.
Its really hard to tell probably because she's made a whole series of questionable comments and it doesn't seem out of character.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-747960
^ This was supposedly sarcasm.
Its really hard to tell probably because she's made a whole series of questionable comments and it doesn't seem out of character.
I watched the link that says "Here's the context" and it doesn't make it clear that it's sarcasm either. I know she's denied the Holocaust before. The context does include Roseanne saying there are "Good Jews" and "Bad Jews" and the "Bad Jews" fired her as a "Good Jew".
I watched the link that says "Here's the context" and it doesn't make it clear that it's sarcasm either. I know she's denied the Holocaust before. The context does include Roseanne saying there are "Good Jews" and "Bad Jews" and the "Bad Jews" fired her as a "Good Jew".
Oy vey. I saw the context where she lumped these statements with "Biden won the election" as all being "the truth" (heavy sarcasm). She can't pull off the delivery well enough to avoid this kind of reaction, or even come close to making a point. Not funny either. (plus she says Biden only won 36 counties, a ridiculous lie)
Oy vey. I saw the context where she lumped these statements with "Biden won the election" as all being "the truth" (heavy sarcasm). She can't pull off the delivery well enough to avoid this kind of reaction, or even come close to making a point. Not funny either. (plus she says Biden only won 36 counties, a ridiculous lie)
I just realized Roseanne's normal speaking tone is the same tone other people use to denote irony, which makes it even harder to tell.
Beyond just this incident, I can only imagine the fact that she doesn't/can't change her speaking tone for sarcasm must have been the cause of other misunderstandings in life. Sarcasm is a normal and playful part of any human relationship. For a comedian it almost seems like a disability.
RP: I just realized Roseanne's normal speaking tone is the same tone other people use to denote irony, which makes it even harder to tell.
Beyond just this incident, I can only imagine the fact that she doesn't/can't change her speaking tone for sarcasm must have been the cause of other misunderstandings in life. Sarcasm is a normal and playful part of any human relationship. For a comedian it almost seems like a disability.
Sarcasm is a normal and playful part of any human relationship. For a comedian it almost seems like a disability.
The Michael Richards apology on Letterman comes to mind, though perhaps the choice of forum was not a sound one in light of the reaction it got.
BrentinCO: Sarcasm is a normal and playful part of any human relationship. For a comedian it almost seems like a disability.
The Michael Richards apology on Letterman comes to mind, though perhaps the choice of forum was not a sound one in light of the reaction it got.
(plus she says Biden only won 36 counties, a ridiculous lie)
It's only a lie if the speaker knows the remark to be untrue.
I doubt very much she was lying. She's just stupid.
(plus she says Biden only won 36 counties, a ridiculous lie)
It's only a lie if the speaker knows the remark to be untrue.
I doubt very much she was lying. She's just stupid.
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