Don't get her wrong. Despite her serious tone, Roseanne is still a comic at heart. With the uncertainty of a new millennium around the corner, she wants her show to serve as a hopeful vehicle that will help people of different cultures and religions understand one another better. We want to explore children's issues. I never thought I would ever feel this ignited at this level.
Information can change lives.
Roseanne teasingly asked Rodman to remove his large hat and sunglasses, but Rodman repeatedly refused. Roseanne just snatched the hat off at one point, which surprised but did not anger Rodman as he rubbed his luminously dyed hair. Moments later, Roseanne surprised Rodman, who in June had paid for the burial of James Byrd Jr., a black man who was murdered when three white men allegedly dragged him and dismembered him in a racially motivated attack. Two of Byrd's sisters came on the show to thank Rodman and to give him a special certificate. Even behind his sunglasses, he was noticeably touched.