Comedian Roseanne Barr revealed she�s working on shopping a sitcom to
Hollywood she wrote that centers on a family that �save America with guns,
the Bible, petty crime and alcoholism.�
Speaking to Variety about her latest project, the 72-year-old actress said
the new sitcom, which she and �Roseanne� alum Allan Stephan wrote, is a �a
cross between �The Roseanne Show� and �The Sopranos.�� It centers on the
family of an Alabama farmer who�s �saving the United States from drug gangs
and China.�
�It�s silly and out there,� Barr said. �[It will contain] very offensive
ideas and a lot of swearing. I live with my daughter and her husband and
their six children on a farm.�
�And they have goats running through their house and stuff,� she added. �It�s
based on my life as a farmer in Hawaii. They save America with guns, the
Bible, petty crime and alcoholism. It�s kind of like the Coen brothers
thing.�
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�There�s a scene where I have to strap myself into a corset. My granddaughter
helps me, and then I go into town to flirt with all the shopkeepers that are
just grotesque people,� Barr continued. �It�s just kind of a cartoony kind of
thing.�
The writer and producer also said she�s not worried about whether Hollywood
is interested in picking it up, because she will just make it herself, if
not.
�If Hollywood doesn�t buy it, then I�m just gonna make it myself,� Barr said.
�Does anybody in [Hollywood] like America or the people who watch TV? Because
the people who watch TV would really like to see a show where working-class
people win against the enemies of America.�
�Hollywood has made itself irrelevant to the American people,� she added. �If
they want to survive, they should work with the new president [President
Donald Trump]. American people elected him in an overwhelming victory. They
should get back in touch with [them] and make some money, which I don�t know
if they do or not �cause they�ve proven to be ideologues rather than
[business people]. What shocks me is the fact that they prefer to lose money
and then explain that to the shareholders who apparently have no problem with
that.�
The comedian found massive success in the 80s with her ABC sitcom about a
working-class family titled �Roseanne.� It ran from 1988-1997. In 2018, a
reboot of her hit series with the same name was hugely successful. However,
that same year Barr was fired following a tweet that was quickly labeled
racist. The show was canceled and the series later came back to the network
without her, retitled �The Conners.�
She later spoke about that tweet � which read, �muslim brotherhood & planet
of the apes had a baby� � and was aimed at former White House senior adviser
to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, as The Daily Wire previously
reported.
The comedian also issued an apology on Twitter, but the show was still taken
off the air.
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