>> that's why i'm here. i know roseanne would want me to step in and watch over the family. >> no, it would kill her. but she's already dead, so carry on. >> one of the things that i love about the sitcom is that it is necessarily a reflection of the atmosphere in which it's made. and so leaving aside roseanne's repugnant views as an individual person, i think the show that was rebooted by abc is really about how do you make ends meet in the 21st century? ♪ >> i hope everyone is enjoying the movie. i'm having a blast sitting on this hard chair paying bills on a plastic tray stolen from hometown buffet. >> one of the reasons i think that the connors works in like the 2010s is because income disparity is an even bigger deal now than it was in the 1990s. >> i am completely financially unprepared to have a baby. i'm screwed. >> the connors themselves are still dealing with the same issues of a blue collar family