Roseanne the Show

Roseanne was a hit t.v that began in the late 80s and expressed the lifestyle of many Americans along with the frustration facing this class of people. Roseanne and her family of five represented a classic working class family trying to make ends meet and take care of everyday life.

The show ran for 9 seasons and was very popular because of the humor and reality they expressed in terms of society and the way the working class was slowly being forgotten. Roseanne's witty humor and commentary on social issues made the show go #1 on the network. It called out the issues that many Americans relayed to and according to many did an original and good job at portraying a blue collar family in the late 80s and early 90s.

Roseanne's character was an outspoken working woman and her husband Dan, also worked and contributed to the stability of the family. The couple was intelligent and kept audiences laughing, something that the network was not to happy about. In portraying an intelligent and realistic family the show as pointing out some obvious flaws with the show that made some people at the network uncomfortable. When the show went number 1 it is said that Roseanne (who the show was named after and plays the main character) was only sent a cake in celebration of her success. There was clear animosity involve with her success, but the show went on into the early 90s when it ended in an episode where Roseanne wins the lottery and buys the town factory in order to give it to the people.