During the first season or two of Roseanne, Roseanne Barr was treated horribly by the producers, who wanted to get rid of her, even though she was the creative genius behind the show, which was based entirely on characters she had developed. She went with “success is the best revenge,” working extra hard to make sure the show hit the #1 spot, knowing at that point she could seize creative control. She hung out with the crew and supportive castmembers (including John Goodman, who flat refused to do the show without her), and put a list on her door. That list had the name of every single person who worked on the show. When they pissed her off, she’d cross off their name in red. Everyone in red was to be fired the second she was in charge. She took this policy from Machiavelli, and she made good on it. Her first move was to fire everyone who had tried to shut her down. She also promoted a number of women writers and fired a number of men writers for being sexist. So, this shirt is no lie.
If you buy the seasons on DVD (which I own the first 4 regardless if I’ve already seen all 228 episodes) they each come with like “special features” and they usually have two interviews on each one with a different actor or actress from the show. On the first seasons disc’s there’s an interview with Roseanne where she talks about how they would give her the script, and she’d pretty much end up chewing it up and spitting it back up with funnier jokes and more creative view points. But they wouldn’t want to go with what she wanted because of -insert BS reason here- so she pretty much had to become MEGA BITCH to get what she wanted.
But I love Roseanne, and I believe she portrays a great message to girls and women today.
If you want your shit done and you want it right, become the MEGA BITCH.^ Roseanne is why I often consider bitch a compliment.
(Source: queer-tastic, via lipstick-feminists)
