Roseanne Barr Developing a New Comedy Series; "A Cross Between THE ROSEANNE SHOW and THE SOPRANOS"
Roseanne Barr is looking to make a comeback to TV with a new comedy series that she wrote with Roseanne and Arli$$ alum Allan Stephan.
The new series will be four to six episodes and is described as “a cross between The Roseanne Show and The Sopranos.”
The show will center on a small-town farmer in Alabama who is “saving the United States from drug gangs and China.” The main character also dabbles in growing and selling drugs like cannabis and magic mushrooms.
Barr said of the series: “It’s silly and out there. [It will contain] very offensive ideas and a lot of swearing. I live with my daughter and her husband and their six children on a farm.
“And they have goats running through their house and stuff. It’s based on my life as a farmer in Hawaii. They save America with guns, the Bible, petty crime and alcoholism. It’s kind of like the Coen brothers thing.”
Barr says the series will follow a family with similarities to the Conners, the clan featured in her two shows. She explains:
“There’s a scene where I have to strap myself into a corset. My granddaughter helps me, and then I go into town to flirt with all the shopkeepers that are just grotesque people. It’s just kind of a cartoony kind of thing.”
This project comes after Barr was fired from Roseanne by Disney in 2018, and it will be shopped around Hollywood soon.
She said: “If Hollywood doesn’t buy it, then I’m just gonna make it myself. Does anybody in [Hollywood] like America or the people who watch TV? Because the people who watch TV would really like to see a show where working-class people win against the enemies of America.”
We’ll just have to wait and see what comes of the project.
Source: Variety