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In the final scenes of theRoseannerevivals first season, the Conner house floods.
There will be no money for Roseannes knee.
Things were really, really bad, and Trump promised to make things better.
He talked about jobs!
And he did it in a way that resonated with Roseannes beliefs about government, budgeting, and handouts.
Youre a good-hearted person who cant do simple math, she told Jackie.
The not-so-buried implication is that the existence of illegal immigration makes things worse for the Conners.
Hes betraying his ideals and giving into economic pressure to hire cheaper labor so he can save his family.
Instead, the widespread flooding across the state pushesRoseannes imagined President Trump to declare a federal emergency.
Roseanne and the Conners immediately start celebrating because this means theyll get FEMA money.
Their problems are solved, and the season ends with everyone joyously gathered around the dinner table.
The Conners get an unlikely fairy-tale ending.
This is as ridiculous as it is infuriating, and its disingenuous to boot.
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Except their problems do go away!
You could see the flood as absolution, I suppose.
It could be a fresh start.
To me, it looks more like a convenient way to hide some bodies.
Its a fairy tale masquerading as gritty realism.
ButRoseannes season-ending fairy tale, its final gesture of improbable wish-granting, is not illuminating.
Its a way for the show to hide.
