Comedian Roseanne Barr is attempting a bold comeback to primetime TV.
The notoriously raunchy comedian announced in an interview with Variety that she’s working on shopping a sitcom to Hollywood she wrote that centers on a family that “save America with guns, the Bible, petty crime and alcoholism.”
The proposed new sitcom, which she and “Roseanne” alum Allan Stephan wrote, is a “a cross between ‘The Roseanne Show’ and ‘The Sopranos.’” It centers on the family of an Alabama farmer who’s “saving the United States from drug gangs and China,” according to the interview.
“It’s silly and out there,” Barr said.
“[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,” she added. “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.”
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Barr also said she’s not worried about whether Hollywood is interested in picking it up, because she will just make it herself, if not.
“If Hollywood doesn’t buy it, then I’m just gonna make it myself,” Barr said.
“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.”
Barr became a household name in the 80s with her ABC sitcom about a working-class family titled “Roseanne.” It ran from 1988-1997.