Talk:Roseanne Barr

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Didn't she claim to be a lesbian, have multiple personality disorder, have been abducted by aliens and various other claims? I think there's some stuff missing here... Tuf-Kat 04:50, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)

She said all that jokingly, not seriously. She does not truly have "multiple personality disorder", she knows she is not a lesbian, and knows there are no "aliens" coming around and snatching people up. Most of us know not to take her jokes literally. It's all part of her salty humor. ~c~

She also said she was abused as a child, and made much of growing up Jewish in Salt Lake City. RickK 05:18, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)

Jewish in Salt Lake...That's hillarious.--Gbleem 06:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Roseanne is Jewish. Yes, Salt Lake City is mostly (not all) Morman, but there ARE Jewish people living in Salt Lake City; it's not unheard of. ~c~

She also claimed that her father masturbated in front of the family, and that she had recovered memories, back when that was trendy. Back in the day when people "worked" on recovering memories of childhood abuse, first remembering the easy ones, then the hard ones, until they had implicated their whole family and so could relax in the knowledge that their unhappiness was not their own fault, Roseanne was referred to as a "celebrity survivor".

Give me a break! Roseanne is an inspiration and her honesty is to be commended! These characters above seem to have nothing better to do than to try healing their own issues by hurting others. How sad indeed. Rosie....we love you!!! RS

How true. And Roseanne never claimed that her memories were "recovered" or had ever been forgotten. She just did not reveal the painful memories to the press for many years. In addition, she actually did not intend to reveal the incest publicly, but a press member sneaked into one of the meetings with her psychologist and leaked it to the public. This resulted in many misreports and tabloid rumors which led to Roseanne coming out and speaking with magazines like People and the news magazines. She was not merely "following a fad" here; Roseanne is very strong-willed and doesn't cow to any trends of the day. It is unfortunate that some people feel threatened enough by a strong-minded woman and try to discredit her. ~c~

In a 1991 People magazine interview, she claimed to have been an incest survivor, accusing both parents of physical and sexual abuse, charges which they have publically denied. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001683/bio Just in case you don't believe it. Seminumerical 09:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I'm tagging this article for cleanup, as it reads like a tabloid article rather than an encyclopedia entry. I feel the emphasis should be more on her career than what Mick Foley says about her in his book (and I cannot for the life of me figure out why that was deemed relevent). -Fearfulsymmetry 02:41, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proper name of article?

Barr legally changed her name to ONLY "Rosanne", with no last name, many years ago. This has also been the name she has used professionally for some time. It seems, then, inappropriate that this article be called "Roseanne Barr". I am going to go about changing that.

Please sign your comments. And you are incorrect. She legally changed her name back to "Roseanne Barr" in 2003, I believe, which is why she is now credited under her full name. Rhythmnation2004 01:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Late March edits

The edits from late March, begining with Jami86e's edit on March 23 to 67.186.128.242 on March 28, were reverted for several reasons: 1) There was blantant vandalism in several of the edits. 2) A (presumably) sarcastic merge was proposed. 3) The bulk of the edits by Treybien were mostly unecessary -- much relevant and important information was removed during these edits. There were a couple of worthy edits, but someone should shift through the different versions and pick and choose what seems appropriate for this article. -- 70.121.222.2 21:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)