Roseanne: The Revival (controversy erupts over tweet by Roseanne, ABC cancels show)

I watched the first two episodes last night mostly because my wife wanted to, but I'll admit to a bit of my own curiosity.

I thought it was pretty good. It's interesting because I'm not entirely sure real-life Roseanne the Trump supporter in the guise of fictional Roseanne the Trump supporter, comes off all that well as a Trump defender. Actually she comes off looking pretty bad and intellectually painted into a corner in her argument with Jackie, and the only reason they reconcile is because Jackie is willing to give way more ground just to save their relationship.

If real-life Roseanne is signing off on the writing here (and I imagine she has to be) then I have to give her a ton of credit for letting the show examine both sides of the divide and acknowledge shortcomings all around, rather than just pushing her own views down our throats constantly. It's definitely nothing like her Twitter behavior would lead you to think it would be like.

I still find her screechy and obnoxious, but a little less so. Age takes the edge off that sometimes.