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Roseanne: TV's All-American Mother |
| Section: THE ARTS / PERSPECTIVES |
| Author: Brad Miner |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 3/1/1990 |
| Size: 1,787 Words, 10,430 Characters |
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"The drama of daily life is greatly heightened if one feels that society is organized against one"
With any luck, you don't know what this is about. You've never watched ABC-TV's Roseanne, and you've never seen its star, Roseanne Barr, although I don't know how you've managed to miss her. The sitcom is a hit, having dethroned the venerable Cosby; it is No.1 in the Nielsens, and fifty-five million of your fellow citizens tune in every Tuesday night. Her autobiography, Roseanne: My Life as a Woman, is a big bestseller; the publisher can barely keep up with reorders, and it may sell a million copies this year. The tabloids love her; you won't see an issue at your neighborhood movie house is She-Devil, a major motion picture in which Roseanne stars with Mery1 Streep, but does not, to her di...
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... Jewish lady--who is the victim of Christian male chauvinist power, but overcomes her enemies (and here I'm guessing) in apocalyptic fashion. She will write, produce, and direct, as only a powerless New Age millionairess can, and I warn you, she will take off her clothes, because the time has come for Revelation, for the woman and the stories that the wide screen can contain.So now you know.
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