Seeing the World Through Roseanne-Colored Lenses

Pop Rocket

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week, Guy Branum, Margaret Wappler and Karen Tongson watched the Roseanne reboot and they have feelings about it. Strong feelings.

Margaret Wappler is all about Glynn Washington’s podcast Heaven’s Gate which features interviews and stories of surviving members of the deadly cult. The final season of The Americans
kicked off last week with the episode Dead Hand and Karen savors the way it used music. Guy is all about the Netflix show On the Block.

With the Roseanne reboot smashing all kinds of viewing records, the panel weighs in on what it is about the show that gives it such a broad appeal. They also look at why Roseanne is problematic and why the show’s take on gender non-conformity may not be as culturally relevant as the show’s setting would have audiences believe.

With
Guy Branum
Karen Tongson
Margaret Wappler

That’s My Jam:

Margaret Wappler - Vacationer - Magnetism

Karen Tongson - Indigo Girls - Everything’s Alright

Guy Branum - Dem Beats - Todrick Hall

Each week we’ll add everyone’s jams to our Spotify playlists.

You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our Facebook group or via @PopRocket on Twitter.

Produced by Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh, hey there I'm Guy Branham, welcome to Pop Rocket. A weekly show peeking over all the pop culture we love to love.
0:13.2	We've made to talk TV, film, music, and anything else entertaining.
0:16.0	Our journalist and novelist Margaret Wopler.
0:18.3	Hey there, guys.
0:19.5	Hello, Margaret, can you also Hello, hello, winter isn't here?
0:23.0	Hello, hello.
0:24.0	I can do it all.
0:25.0	Now I start tap dancing.
0:29.0	She's a working mom, she's having it all.
0:31.0	How is having it all going this week? You know it's I would say it's like
0:35.9	a seven out of ten of having it all. A C average of having it all. Wonderful and we've got
0:42.0	pop culture scholar and talk about about town, Karen Tonsin.
0:44.6	Hey Guy, hi rocketeers.
0:46.6	Hello Karen, how is having it all going for you?
0:49.3	I am wearing sweat pants tonight, which tells you how having it all feels.
0:53.2	I didn't notice they look very genie.
0:55.4	Oh, well they're very fancy unico joggers.
0:57.8	Yes.
0:58.8	I'm wearing unico too.
1:00.8	Oh, well, we. Get a room.
1:03.0	Give us a sponsorship, Unica.
1:06.0	Coming up on this week's show, we're going to talk about the cultural impact of Roseanne.
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