The <em>Roseanne</em> Fantasy Is Over
The sitcom star’s racist tweet ended a show that fashioned Trump’s appeal as largely economic and national unity as within reach.
by Spencer Kornhaber
May 30, 2018
3 minutes
The Trump-voting Roseanne Conner of the rebooted Roseanne was not deplorable. She griped not about “shithole countries” or the “rapists” from Mexico, but about her mounting bills and healthcare costs. She sternly but lovingly helped out her gender-noncomforming grandkid. Her family members disliked undocumented immigrants only, it was emphasized, because they directly undercut their own job prospects.TV’s Roseanne did have some prejudices about the Muslim family that moved in across the street, but copped to being in the wrong when the new neighbors shared their wi-fi password in a moment of need.
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