Almost five years have passed since Roseanne Barr fired off a late-night tweet that changed her life, bringing about a her fall from grace and the cancellation of the groundbreaking show that made her into one of TV's most electric personalities.
The years since that controversy have been relatively quiet. But that calm is ebbing as Barr plots her comeback.
"What a privilege it is for you to have me here this evening, ladies and gentlemen," Barr said, flashing a mischievous smile, as she greeted a capacity audience last month inside the Cullen Theater in Houston. "And of course I mean that from the bottom of my heart." Then she added a pointed question:
