Sitcom makers defend Roseanne's death

After the death of the character Roseanne in the new television series "The Conners", the creators of the series defended themselves against criticism.

They had not left actress Roseanne Barr in the successor of the comedy series "Roseanne". Background was a racist Tweet Barrs about an African-American politician. Barr then described his highly criticized tweet as an "error".

In the first episode, Roseanne dies of an overdose of opioid badgesics. The authors of the episode would have wished a "respectful goodbye" for Roseanne, wrote Bruce Helford in "Hollywood Reporter", co-author of the pilot episode. The end of the figure should be "relevant" and "spark discussion of the common good of the American working clbad, whose real problems on television are often ignored".

The number of deaths due to opiate overdoses has been increasing in the United States for years. According to the CDC, more than 42,000 people died in 2016, more than road accidents.

Barr, 65, said the shift was superfluous. The phrase "gave a dreary and dreary dimension to an otherwise happy family show," said Barr. By postponing the series, the creators would have missed the opportunity to be an example for Americans of "penance and forgiveness".

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