Consequences...

No, I'm not done talking about this, so if you want to tell me to stop you can just move along right now...

Roseanne (the TV show) was cancelled today because Roseanne the titular star went on a tweet spree that capped with a racist one about Valerie Jarrett. ABC said, "Oh hell no, this isn't us..." and cancelled the show. Of course I am full of cynicism about it because this is who she is. They knew that. They had to address it in press conferences when they rebooted the show, the whole "She's going to say or do something what are you going to do then?" Line of questioning. Which was met mainly with "Roseanne gonna Roseanne you know?"

And then the first night released and it was BOFFO! BIG TIME! RATINGS BONANZA! DOLLA DOLLA BILLS, Y'ALL! President is tweeting and calling and taking credit in campaign rally speeches (to which Roseanne was like, Oh no...thanks for the support Big Don but THIS IS ALL ME!)

So the network felt pretty smug about their decision. This was genius. Second season renewal! BAM!

Then the next week it was a little less genius.

And a little less genius.

And then at the finale it was 43% fewer viewers genius.

But still the network had to be fairly happy, right?

Guess not.

Because what Roseanne tweeted was racist and vile and not the first time she's gone to the black women as ape comparison. They knew. You know they knew. You know it was someone's job to scour all of her old tweets to be prepared for what might come. Like when she got ahead of the whole Hitler costume baking little children cookies. What a HILARIOUS joke that was and if you couldn't see that it was a HILARIOUS joke you're just a snowflake that doesn't understand satire. Or the whole PizzaGate conspiracy theory stuff, if we can't have differences in opinions we are all lost, 9/11 was an inside job belief, Oh come on you know she's just quirky...

Anyway...

They knew is what I'm saying. The people working with her knew, the writers knews, the crew knew, they all knew. ABC knew. It was always just a matter of time before the ratings weren't going to be good enough to ignore who she is.

It just came sooner than expected. And sure, I feel badly for the number of people who are out of work, except you knew. You knew who she was when you signed on. So...

And I feel a little badly for Roseanne in the abstract because she's finding out what so many others have, Trump gets away with all of this shit and you don't. Somehow he does not face consequences for his actions he just makes up bolder and brasher lies and his base eats that shit up. You, you don't get to do that. You have to face consequences.

So yeah, I'm pleased that ABC did the right thing even though I'm really cynical about their reasons. I'm glad that somebody out there faces consequences for their actions. I'm glad that she didn't just get to scream about FAKE NEWS! WITCH HUNT! NO COLLUSION! and walk away with people nodding behind her, fake news...witch hunt...no collusion...(By the way, five guilty pleas, 19 indictments, it's not a witch hunt, it's a hunt where there's bears to be hunt situation)

So today I'm glad that there are still consequences out there. Let's hope that sometime soon it makes it all the way to the White House. REAL NEWS! BEAR HUNT! POSSIBLY COLLUSION! DEFINITELY OBSTRUCTION! HE FUCKING ADMITTED IT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION! COME ON!