{"id":2011248,"date":"2023-08-24T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-done-yet-roseanne-barr-on-cancel-culture-podcasting-and-a-new-comedy-universe\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T18:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:55:19","slug":"im-not-done-yet-roseanne-barr-on-cancel-culture-podcasting-and-a-new-comedy-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-done-yet-roseanne-barr-on-cancel-culture-podcasting-and-a-new-comedy-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Roseanne Barr talks cancel culture, podcasting, and a fresh comedy realm. She declares, &#8220;I&#8217;m not finished!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-not-done-yet-roseanne-barr-on-cancel-culture-podcasting-and-a-new-comedy-universe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Roseanne Barr: \u2064From TV Revolution to \u200bPodcasting<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roseanne\u2064 Barr says she \u200dwas independent decades before it became cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cdomestic goddess\u201d who \u200brevolutionized TV\u2064 with her blue-collar\u200d hit \u201cRoseanne\u201d says \u2064success gave her the freedom to\u200d do almost\u200d anything she pleased in \u2062the 1990s.\u200c And she ruffled plenty of \u200cfeathers\u2063 at ABC \u2062during \u200bher \u200cturbulent times\u200b on the \u200csitcom.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_609473\" style=\"width: 885px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC Photo Archives\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty\u2064 Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, she\u2019s calling\u200d the \u2062shots again\u200d but in a new marketplace and for a radically different\u200b reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr\u200c is back\u2062 after one awful,\u2063 racially-charged \u200dtweet targeting Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett ended her \u2064\u201cRoseanne\u201d reboot. She returned to the stage earlier this year via Fox Nation\u2019s \u201cRoseanne Barr: Cancel This!\u201d \u2063The fiery stand-up\u2064 special \u2064featured her\u2062 take\u200b on the ABC \u2064dismissal, the \u2062current state of politics, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was the end of my blacklisting \u2026 I wasn\u2019t offered any paying jobs for\u200d five years,\u201d says Barr, who once ran for the Green Party\u2019s\u200c presidential ticket, a campaign captured in 2015\u2019s \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3791268\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roseanne for President!\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  but now supports\u2064 former President Donald Trump. \u200cAnd the 70-year-old comic is just warming up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Roseanne\u2062 Barr Podcast\u201d \u200btaps into her decades of stand-up experience, ability to \u2062spark debate \u2063and,\u200c of course,\u2064 lets her share that signature\u2064 cackle. Recent\u2064 \u201cRoseanne Barr Podcast\u201d guests include \u200d\u201cDilbert\u201d creator Scott Adams, comedian\u2064 Ron White, and author Michael Malice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI like talking to people, finding \u2062out about them,\u201d says Barr, \u200bwho still mourns the loss of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-done-yet-roseanne-barr-on-cancel-culture-podcasting-and-a-new-comedy-universe\/\" title=\"Roseanne Barr talks cancel culture, podcasting, and a fresh comedy realm. She declares, \"I'm not finished!\"\">short-lived talk show<\/a> in 2000. She often has an ulterior motive on the podcast, though, one that\u2063 clashes with the divisive zeitgeist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy role right\u200b now is to\u200d remind \u2062people\u200d as much as I\u200b can that we agree on far more \u2064than we disagree. We\u2019d be doing a lot\u200d better if we took that to heart,\u201d she \u200csays. \u201cThat\u2019s\u2063 what \u2063I\u200d really like doing, finding some agreement in the middle of \u200dsome disagreement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ironically, her\u2062 canceled \u201cRoseanne\u201d reboot\u2062 pitted\u2063 Trump and\u200b Hillary\u2064 supporters against each other,\u2063 only to embrace what united\u200d them more than \u2063political squabbles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She learned\u200b it from the best in the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe greatest\u2062 television \u2064comic was Johnny Carson, and that\u2019s\u2062 what he did. He kept it\u2062 right down the middle,\u201d\u200c she says. \u201cThat\u2019s where all the power is, straight\u2062 down mainstream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_609467\" style=\"width: 879px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Tom\/NBCU \u2062Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr is blunt and open in conversation, not willing to pre-package her\u200b thoughts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her envelope-shredding style still generates blowback.\u200d YouTube recently pulled an episode of her\u2063 appearance on Theo Von\u2019s \u201cThis\u2062 Past\u2062 Weekend\u201d podcast after she cracked about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/digital\/news\/youtube-removes-roseanne-barr-holocaust-denial-joke-video-1235659288\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Holocaust denial<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr will\u2063 be forever\u2062 stained in the public square by\u200c the infamous tweet, but a former colleague shed \u200dlight on the matter that got little attention at the time. Norm Macdonald worked as a writer on the original \u201cRoseanne\u201d show and shared\u2063 how Barr <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/why-norm-macdonalds-new-talk-show-wont-target-trump-2-1141832\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">went out of her\u2063 way to hire minority\u2064 scribes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  for the\u2062 show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr adds context to Macdonald\u2019s anecdote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI had to\u200c force that\u2064 network\u200b that called me a\u200c racist to \u200bhave an \u200dintegrated crew,\u201d Barr says. \u201cI threatened \u200dto leave the show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRoseanne\u201d\u200d 2.0 ended with the star\u2019s\u200c dismissal,\u200c but the show\u2019s remaining players reunited for \u201cThe Conners,\u201d \u200cwhich \u2064was renewed for a sixth season\u200c earlier this year. Barr has had harsh words\u2062 for former co-stars like\u200b Sara Gilbert, \u200bwho attacked Barr following the infamous tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Co-star John \u200cGoodman, who played \u2064her husband on the \u2063original series and continues via \u201cThe Conners,\u201d has\u2064 defended Barr in the\u200c past. The\u2064 \u201cRaising Arizona\u201d star claimed she\u2019s \u200dnot a racist and praised their professional bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Except Goodman said it long after her ABC dismissal, the moment when it could have saved both\u2064 Barr\u2019s Hollywood career and her sitcom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The distinction isn\u2019t lost on Barr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI just want him to \u200ckeep my name out of his mouth. I don\u2019t want him \u200dto say \u200cone word about me,\u201d she \u200dsays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feminists were similarly silent in the \u200cimmediate aftermath of \u2062the Twitter controversy, but \u2064Barr wasn\u2019t surprised by that turn of \u2064events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey never \u200dhad my back, ever. They would come up \u2064to me at parties and whisper, \u2018thank you,\u2019\u201d she says, \u200creferring to her work breaking barriers for women in Hollywood. \u201cNone of them \u2064are really for women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr\u2062 craves \u2062the ability\u200c to speak her mind, which makes podcasting such a snug \u200bfit for her brand of humor. \u2062She\u2019s \u2064also plugged into the emerging Austin comedy scene, buoyed by Joe Rogan and his Comedy \u2064Mothership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI found I\u2063 have complete\u2064 freedom here in a blue city,\u201d she says, adding Austin \u200bresidents embrace\u200d edgy material. \u201cThey\u2019re liberal yet\u200c they\u2019re \u200bthinkers and they\u200d like it when you stretch their minds \u2026 I say things now that I can\u2018t \u200dsay on YouTube. I\u2019m finding\u200b that it\u2019s more \u200dfreedom than \u200bI\u2019ve\u2062 ever had on stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAustin is gonna end \u200bup as\u200c the \u200dcenter\u200d of the whole new comedy universe, and it\u2019s all because\u200d of\u200b Joe\u2063 Rogan,\u201d the \u200dTexas resident says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CLICK HERE TO \u200cGET\u2062 THE\u2063 DAILY WIRE \u200bAPP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr will\u2062 soon share her comic stylings on Elon Musk\u2019s X platform, formerly known as Twitter.\u200d The untitled show comes via a partnership with Publicsq, an online marketplace \u2064dedicated to Right-leaning\u200d consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey came and said they wanted to hire me to push the envelope. I love doing that \u2026 bringing\u200b up subjects that \u200bother \u2063people \u200dstay away from, to tie things together\u200d and connect dots that \u2063people should be looking at,\u201d\u200b she says. \u201cIt\u2019ll be funny but also have some undercurrent of alarm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barr\u2019s legacy, notwithstanding \u200cTwitterGate, is secure given her decades on TV, movies and\u200b stand-up stages. Retirement isn\u2019t an option, for now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPart of me being a comic is a\u200c desire\u200d to set it right in a joke, to explain or turn it upside\u200d down or look at it deeply,\u201d she says of her craft. \u201cI\u2019m \u2064not\u2063 done yet \u2026 it\u2019s\u200d so important to laugh right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_609481\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Ferdman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For better and sometimes \u200cworse, Barr has been famous for more than\u200d 35 years. Being such a recognizable star, let alone \u2063someone associated \u200bwith \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wyomings-disappearing-democrats-not-shy-about-crossover-voting-2\/\" title=\"Wyoming\u2019s Disappearing Democrats Not Shy About \"Crossover\" Voting\">blue-collar values<\/a>, has been\u200d complicated for Barr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere were times in my life where it \u2064was kinda scary\u200d [being recognized in public] or I didn\u2019t like it sometimes,\u200d and sometimes \u200dit was nice,\u201d she says. \u201cNow, after everything\u2064 that happened\u200d to me, I\u2019ve \u2062changed. \u200bI\u2019m\u2063 just so appreciative of it because it\u2019s different now \u2026 it\u2019s \u200chow\u2064 you\u2019d greet some family members you \u200bhaven\u2019t seen for\u200c a long time. It\u2019s very loving. They\u2019re so nice to me after all this time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christian Toto is an \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-of-new-pro-life-movie-says-pro-choice-screen-actors-guild-attempted-to-crush-their-production\/\" title=\"Star Of New Pro-Life Movie Says Pro-Choice Screen Actors Guild Attempted To Crush Their Production\">award-winning journalist<\/a>, movie critic and editor of <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HollywoodInToto.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. He previously served as \u200bassociate editor with Breitbart News\u2019 Big Hollywood. Follow \u200bhim at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HollywoodInToto?lang=en\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@HollywoodInToto<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The views expressed \u2062in this\u2062 piece are those of\u200b the author and do not necessarily \u2064represent those\u2063 of \u2064The\u2063 Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roseanne Barr claims she was ahead of the trend, being independent long before it was popular. The iconic &#8220;Roseanne&#8221; star, known for her portrayal of a working-class woman, reveals that her success in the 90s allowed her to enjoy unparalleled freedom. 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