Estelle Parsons on Roseanne right now

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/17/18 at 8:06pm

She looks and IS amazing.   For any advanced age, let alone for her 90 years.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 9:13am

I love her....She looks great...

[geoffreyC]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 3:36pm

I don't watch trash.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 4:35pm

I don't watch trash.

So you're that one person.  The reboot of ROSEANNE has been an instant hit and winning its time-slot every Tuesday night since it returned and ABC TV has already confirmed another season, expanding to 13 episodes (the reboot return only has 9 episodes).  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 4:41pm

There’s always going to be that one holier-than-thou person to say something like that, every time the show was mentioned.

[SeanD2]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 4:42pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "I don't watch trash.

So you're that one person. The reboot of ROSEANNE has been aninstant hit and winning its time-slot every Tuesday night since it returned and ABC TV has already confirmed anotherseason, expanding to 13episodes (the reboot return only has 9 episodes).

"

Actually the vast majority of the country isn't watching. The ratings are good (if not great) compared to other shows, but that means nothing to the public at large. 

I personally refuse to watch anything that can make a horrific anti-Semite richer (and that's what Rosanne is, exhibit A: Her dressed as a Nazi taking burnt cookies in the shape of people out of an oven).

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 5:28pm

I knew by mentioning this I'd invite concerns about the show.
Frankly, I only stumbled upon Parsons by simple channel surfing.  It's not that I avoid Roseanne, I don't.  But the fact is that I wasn't deliberately tuning in to it, and didn't even watch this particular episode.
I merely wanted to post that I happened upon Parsons, a great stage, film and tv actor, and that she looked marvelous physically and as an acting presence in the few minutes I saw her.

But since you brought it up, while I happen to find Roseanne Barr a maniac, especially politically, I did see the first episode of this season of Roseanne and I didn't find it at all to be trash or Trump propaganda or antything like what many people are saying about it. I find no problem with a show that presents a character who is a Trump supporter arguing with her sister who is as appalled by Trump as I am, in a way which did not at all presuppose that one character was right and the other wrong.  

Of course some may not want to watch the show at all because they loathe Barr politically.  That of course is their prerogative.

But the objection that the show is trash is something else entirely.  And one I can't possibly agree with.

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 05:28 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 5:31pm

I'm not watching it either, so I'm another "one" person, I suppose.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 7:57pm

I just watched the episode on Hulu. The writing, acting, pacing, and basic plot concepts are just not high quality. Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman are totally wasted on this show. I actually thought the idea behind this revival was pretty good. Revisit characters you loved 20 years later, see what they are up to now, and talk about real things like families who are fighting amongst themselves due to their politics and other things, etc. But nothing really happens on this show nor are the characters interesting or deep enough to make the show a character-driven piece. They stretch out contrived "hip" issues like surrogacy, elders having sex and getting STDs (which is like the go-to storyline for old people in retirement homes on TV now), etc. beyond what they can actually fill up for a 24 minute episode. Maybe if the writing and character interactions were more interesting it could work.

One scene I did like was the Roseanne/David interaction. That was the only part that seemed like it belonged to a higher quality show. 

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 07:57 PM