William Jeffrey remembers watching re-runs of the ABC sitcom Roseanne.
He liked the characters, specifically the two daughters on the show.
“It was pretty funny,” Jeffrey said, adding, “I thought it was a pretty good story line.”
Jeffrey won’t be watching Roseanne Barr on screen any time soon after the comedian’s show was cancelled after she tweeted about Valerie Jarrett in what many considered was a racist comment. ABC, the network owned by Disney that was airing Roseanne’s reboot, has since announced that she was fired, but that the show will return in the fall without her as The Connors.
Robert Iger, Disney CEO, tweeted the following after Barr’s tweet drew international scorn. He wrote: “From Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment: ‘Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.'”
Most people in Washington, D.C., agreed there should be consequences for the actress.
Being the 21st century it takes very few minutes on social media for hundreds of people to get their hands on a nasty public thought. Zayne Anderson continues his thought by adding, once the comment is out in the “twitter sphere” now the tweet is public, it has been “dispatched.”
Many people interviewed this week in Washington, D.C. agreed Barr’s tweet about Valerie Jarrett was disgusting.
“And to end the TV show I think it was fine because it is terrible for someone to say that,” said Matthew Hub, 13.
In Tenleytown, located near American University in Northwest Washington, D.C., Dave Terbush thought it would be interesting to see the reboot, even though he didn’t enjoy the original because of the characters’ personalities. He described them as “rough.”
Even though it is sad to see the classic television show leave the air, some District of Columbia residents enjoyed the show at one point.