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Roseanne Barr to JP: Antisemitism played a role in my firing
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Ubiquitous
Jan 12, 2019, 6:20:55 PM1/12/19
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Roseanne Barr told The Jerusalem Post this week that she was fired by
ABC from the reboot of her sitcom due in part to antisemitism.
"I feel that what happened to me, a large part of it is antisemitism,"
the Jewish actress told the Post in a phone interview on Thursday from
her home in Hawaii. "I think it played a part - the fact that I was
never allowed to explain what I meant - and what I meant was a
commentary on Iran - so they purposely mischaracterized what I said and
wouldn't let me explain. And in haste they did something unprecedented
that they've never done to any other artist. And at the base of that I
think it's because I am the most vocal person about Israel and BDS."
Barr was fired by ABC in May, less than a day after she sent a racist
tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser in the Obama
administration, writing: "Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes had a
baby=vj."
Within hours, ABC said it was canceling Roseanne, which was rebooted
earlier that year to massive ratings. At the time, the network said
Barr's tweet was "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our
values, and we have decided to cancel her show." The following month,
the network decided to bring back the show but without Barr, and title
it "The Conners."
In the interview this week, Barr said the executives at ABC treated her
unfairly because she is Jewish and supports Israel.
"What I said was mischaracterized purposely and repeatedly, so they
didn't even know what I meant, but they wanted to shape it and they did
- they said it was something racial, when it was actually something
political," she said. "And I have never in my life done anything
racist, and I think my career proves that. And they did it so quickly -
to fire and label and slander my name. I think it had a lot to do with
identifying with Israel."
In just two weeks, Barr will be arriving in Israel, accompanied by her
friend and mentor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. She is slated to speak at the
Knesset on January 31, as well as hold other public events around the
country.
Throughout the turmoil of the past year, Boteach has supported and
defended Barr against the media onslaught.
"She wrote one tweet, she apologized for it, she cried, she asked
Valerie Jarett publicly for forgiveness, she humbled herself," Boteach
said, adding that her treatment was harsh and hasty compared to many in
Hollywood who have been accused of much worse in the past two years.
Barr said she will be discussing her firing from the show further in
her Knesset speech, as well as her ties to Israel, her experiences with
antisemitism and her opposition to BDS.
"I want Israelis to know what it's like to be an American Jew, so I'll
be speaking about that," she said. "You guys don't go through the
antisemitism that we go through in America."
Barr, who said she experienced a lot of antisemitism growing up in Utah
in the 1950s, told the Post that she turned to Judaism in particular
over the past year.
"It is something that I always turn to, and it strengthened my resolve
to become more public about it," she said. "I decided that this was the
time to stand up to be counted."
She said she studies Torah regularly with Boteach and even teaches the
Book of Esther to other people online.
Boteach said Barr's trip is slated to include meetings with Deputy
Knesset Speaker Hilik Bar, Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog and
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, among others. Barr, who was
last in Israel in 2016, said she is looking forward to visiting
friends, places and "eating Israeli food."
Speaking at The Jerusalem Post Conference in April of last year, the
actress said she was considering one day moving to Israel and running
for prime minister. In September, she said she would move to Israel
when The Conners premiered the following month. While that didn't
happen, Barr still isn't ruling anything out.
"I'm going to be investigating staying there for a long period of
time," she said, "But you know, things just got postponed for family
matters and stuff like that."
In 2012, Barr ran for president of the United States and received 0.05%
of the vote nationwide. But she still thinks about running from time to
time.
"I like politics, I'm very interested in it," she said. "I'd have to be
real serious to [run for prime minister], and so far I'm better running
for queen - of Israel or the world," she joked.
Still, she said, she wants people to listen to her ideas for change.
"The reason I would run is I have very common-sense solutions to
problems," Barr continued. "And I'm more interested in people hearing
my solutions to things than running for anything. And they're all
Torah-based solutions."
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
ABC from the reboot of her sitcom due in part to antisemitism.
"I feel that what happened to me, a large part of it is antisemitism,"
the Jewish actress told the Post in a phone interview on Thursday from
her home in Hawaii. "I think it played a part - the fact that I was
never allowed to explain what I meant - and what I meant was a
commentary on Iran - so they purposely mischaracterized what I said and
wouldn't let me explain. And in haste they did something unprecedented
that they've never done to any other artist. And at the base of that I
think it's because I am the most vocal person about Israel and BDS."
Barr was fired by ABC in May, less than a day after she sent a racist
tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser in the Obama
administration, writing: "Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes had a
baby=vj."
Within hours, ABC said it was canceling Roseanne, which was rebooted
earlier that year to massive ratings. At the time, the network said
Barr's tweet was "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our
values, and we have decided to cancel her show." The following month,
the network decided to bring back the show but without Barr, and title
it "The Conners."
In the interview this week, Barr said the executives at ABC treated her
unfairly because she is Jewish and supports Israel.
"What I said was mischaracterized purposely and repeatedly, so they
didn't even know what I meant, but they wanted to shape it and they did
- they said it was something racial, when it was actually something
political," she said. "And I have never in my life done anything
racist, and I think my career proves that. And they did it so quickly -
to fire and label and slander my name. I think it had a lot to do with
identifying with Israel."
In just two weeks, Barr will be arriving in Israel, accompanied by her
friend and mentor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. She is slated to speak at the
Knesset on January 31, as well as hold other public events around the
country.
Throughout the turmoil of the past year, Boteach has supported and
defended Barr against the media onslaught.
"She wrote one tweet, she apologized for it, she cried, she asked
Valerie Jarett publicly for forgiveness, she humbled herself," Boteach
said, adding that her treatment was harsh and hasty compared to many in
Hollywood who have been accused of much worse in the past two years.
Barr said she will be discussing her firing from the show further in
her Knesset speech, as well as her ties to Israel, her experiences with
antisemitism and her opposition to BDS.
"I want Israelis to know what it's like to be an American Jew, so I'll
be speaking about that," she said. "You guys don't go through the
antisemitism that we go through in America."
Barr, who said she experienced a lot of antisemitism growing up in Utah
in the 1950s, told the Post that she turned to Judaism in particular
over the past year.
"It is something that I always turn to, and it strengthened my resolve
to become more public about it," she said. "I decided that this was the
time to stand up to be counted."
She said she studies Torah regularly with Boteach and even teaches the
Book of Esther to other people online.
Boteach said Barr's trip is slated to include meetings with Deputy
Knesset Speaker Hilik Bar, Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog and
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, among others. Barr, who was
last in Israel in 2016, said she is looking forward to visiting
friends, places and "eating Israeli food."
Speaking at The Jerusalem Post Conference in April of last year, the
actress said she was considering one day moving to Israel and running
for prime minister. In September, she said she would move to Israel
when The Conners premiered the following month. While that didn't
happen, Barr still isn't ruling anything out.
"I'm going to be investigating staying there for a long period of
time," she said, "But you know, things just got postponed for family
matters and stuff like that."
In 2012, Barr ran for president of the United States and received 0.05%
of the vote nationwide. But she still thinks about running from time to
time.
"I like politics, I'm very interested in it," she said. "I'd have to be
real serious to [run for prime minister], and so far I'm better running
for queen - of Israel or the world," she joked.
Still, she said, she wants people to listen to her ideas for change.
"The reason I would run is I have very common-sense solutions to
problems," Barr continued. "And I'm more interested in people hearing
my solutions to things than running for anything. And they're all
Torah-based solutions."
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Ubiquitous
Mar 25, 2019, 11:31:00 AM3/25/19
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The Conners have proven they can thrive without Rosanne Barr. ABC's highest-
rated new comedy series, "The Conners," has been renewed for a second season,
the network announced in a press release Friday. The "Roseanne" spinoff show
is set to return for Season 2 in the fall, despite losing its namesake
character.
"The Conners" debuted in October 2018 and centers on the family of Roseanne
Conner, formerly played by Roseanne Barr, coping with her sudden death due to
an opioid overdose. Stars Sara Gilbert, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy
Goranson and Ames McNamara are all planning to return for Season 2.
Bring it in ?? #TheConners are coming back for Season 2!
pic.twitter.com/epMylIjSIh
— The Conners (@TheConnersABC) March 22, 2019
"We are proud to be continuing the story of the iconic Conners family," said
ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke. "This team is fearless in their
willingness to tackle contemporary issues with humor and heart, and I have no
doubt they will continue to outdo themselves."
The series emerged after the cancellation of "Roseanne," which had a huge
revival in 2018 before ABC pulled the plug following Roseanne Barr's racist
tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser to President Obama. ABC
quickly ordered 10 episodes of the spinoff after Barr agreed to forgo any
creative or financial participation in it.
The Season 2 announcement comes just after Barr returned to standup comedy
and slammed ABC in an obscenity-laced set at the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas.
On stage, Barr joked about feeling suicidal after ABC pulled the plug on her
sitcom — and she had a few harsh words for the network.
"When you get fired, you get real suicidal," Barr told the crowd. "But I'd
never kill myself because that would make too many f***ing people happy, and
I'm not about making people happy."
--
Trump: A president so great that Democrats who said they would leave
America if he won decided to stay!
rated new comedy series, "The Conners," has been renewed for a second season,
the network announced in a press release Friday. The "Roseanne" spinoff show
is set to return for Season 2 in the fall, despite losing its namesake
character.
"The Conners" debuted in October 2018 and centers on the family of Roseanne
Conner, formerly played by Roseanne Barr, coping with her sudden death due to
an opioid overdose. Stars Sara Gilbert, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy
Goranson and Ames McNamara are all planning to return for Season 2.
Bring it in ?? #TheConners are coming back for Season 2!
pic.twitter.com/epMylIjSIh
— The Conners (@TheConnersABC) March 22, 2019
"We are proud to be continuing the story of the iconic Conners family," said
ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke. "This team is fearless in their
willingness to tackle contemporary issues with humor and heart, and I have no
doubt they will continue to outdo themselves."
The series emerged after the cancellation of "Roseanne," which had a huge
revival in 2018 before ABC pulled the plug following Roseanne Barr's racist
tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser to President Obama. ABC
quickly ordered 10 episodes of the spinoff after Barr agreed to forgo any
creative or financial participation in it.
The Season 2 announcement comes just after Barr returned to standup comedy
and slammed ABC in an obscenity-laced set at the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas.
On stage, Barr joked about feeling suicidal after ABC pulled the plug on her
sitcom — and she had a few harsh words for the network.
"When you get fired, you get real suicidal," Barr told the crowd. "But I'd
never kill myself because that would make too many f***ing people happy, and
I'm not about making people happy."
--
Trump: A president so great that Democrats who said they would leave
America if he won decided to stay!
Ubiquitous
Mar 25, 2019, 11:38:52 AM3/25/19
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super70s
Mar 26, 2019, 6:58:39 PM3/26/19
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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>Conservatives were furious that their racist Trump lover, Rosanne,
>was fired and repeatedly demanded that the show be cancelled.
>(you can see posts in this newsgroup).
Season 2...seems more like Season 4 as in spending a week in Pittsburgh
one day.
>was fired and repeatedly demanded that the show be cancelled.
>(you can see posts in this newsgroup).
Season 2...seems more like Season 4 as in spending a week in Pittsburgh
one day.
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