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Post by sbtbfanatic on Apr 30, 2014 5:03:49 GMT
Could be my favorite sitcom
10/10
How does this only have 6.8 stars? This show is awesome. Sorry, it can not get better than this here folks. This is top notch acting. The actress Roseanne rocked her part. Among other good actresses and actors are Sara Gilbert (Darlene), John Goodman (Dan), and Johnny Galecki (Kevin).
My favorite episode is when they go to Disney World. I laughed so many times in that episode, if I counted, I would lose track.
Some sexual related material, but most of it kids probably will not understand. One episode has two women calling each other a bitch , but that's as bad as it gets. Probably suitable for 10 and above.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on Apr 30, 2014 5:06:28 GMT
The most realistic TV show I've ever seen
10/10
I can watch the early seasons of this show over & over. This is the most realistic show to ever be on TV. Working class family, going through what many middle to lower class families go through. Juggling jobs, bills & kids all with a sense of humor. From the set, wardrobe to story line, everything was realistic. If you grew up in the 90's, your house might have been like theirs. I know mine was. They dealt with topics other shows wouldn't touch: teenage sex, gay relationships, divorce, aging parents etc. Other shows during that time were all wholesome families with mom's that stayed home & baked or were very attractive. The Conner's were a typical family with normal issues.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 10, 2015 9:03:20 GMT
the hilarious 1990s sitcom that helped create the 2010s culture of rage
This wildly popular sitcom centered on Roseanne, a ribald and cynically witty woman who coped with being mired in economic deprivation at the lower rungs of the social ladder with energetic humor grounded in her relentless self-absorption, her self-justifying outrage and self-pity, her pre-emptive bullying (to "get them first before they can get you because everyone is out to get you"), and her self-congratulatory hypocrisy -- with her hostility directed at her children and husband just as often as it was directed at outsiders and at any other handy target that came within firing range of her hilarious but vicious wit.
Oddly, instead of proceeding as a satire of her ethos of resentful self-entitlement and self-satisfied hostility-without-provocation, this sitcom celebrated and affirmed such hostility as a fun way of life.
Throughout the sitcom's history, Roseanne's husband repeatedly admitted he felt helplessly terrified of her, a fact which filled Roseanne with pride, and Roseanne's children fell into the habit of unsuccessfully fighting back against her while learning to submit to her violent stubbornness rather than to respect her or trust in her judgement until, by the end of the series, almost all her children had done what they could to escape her altogether.
The humor glossed the rampant negativity of the character and her way of life so successfully that many viewers were too busy laughing to think about just how petty and predatory the Roseanne character would be if she were encountered in real life instead of in a sitcom with audience laughter to hide behind. The humor and enthusiasm rationalized Roseanne's bullying and unrepentant selfishness as lovable. Only since entering syndication has it become clear that this very funny sitcom promoted and affirmed an approach to life that isn't very funny at all.
Modern Roseannes are now found across the country in the Facebook harassment scandals, the skyrocketing increase in unrepentant school bullying, the distrustful tribalism taking over much of modern life, the "stand your ground" tragedies, the hypocritical demand for exceptionalism for one's own religion or political party while refusing to extend the same rights or courtesies to any religion or political party other than one's own -- all of which continue the ethos of the Roseanne character but without the enthusiastic humor and sitcom harmlessness that made it so much more tolerable in the sitcom.
One can not help idly wondering how much future historians will point to the immensely popular Roseanne sitcom and the ethos it role-modeled for viewers as one of the multitude of causes which led to the problems of the 2010s.
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Post by sbtbfanatic on May 10, 2015 9:03:42 GMT
about ordinary life
more than a comedy series, it is a special one. it is special for courage and for the virtue of admirable work. because, more than entertainment phenomenon, it is a honest, convincing, inspired picture of every day life. that fact is result of extraordinary work of Roseanne Barr who use each detail and nuance of working class challenges for a story about the fight against social problems, family links, the role of woman and recipes to survive to pressure of each day. after years, its message remains powerful and fresh. a series who reminds the state of America in a precise period but, in same measure, the fundamental values who defines a social medium. a series about ordinary life. a high class one.
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