Lear's big-screen credits included the scripts for "Come Blow Your Horn" (1963); "The Night They Raided Minsky's" (1968); "The Thief Who Came to Dinner" (1971); "Stand by Me" (1986) and "The Princess Bride" (1987), both of which were directed by former "All in the Family" co-star Rob Reiner; and "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991). He wrote and directed the tart 1971 comedy about the tobacco industry "Cold Turkey."
One of Hollywood's most outspoken liberals and progressive philanthropists, Lear founded the advocacy group People for the American Way in 1981 to counteract the activities of the conservative Moral Majority.
In 1989, he founded the Business Enterprise Trust to promote socially responsible business behavior and was among the founders of the Environmental Media Association, which encourages entertainment industry efforts to educate people about environmental issues.
“Maude,” which ran from 1972 to 1978 on CBS, centered on Edith Bunker’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur), who was as much a doctrinaire liberal as Archie was a determined denizen of the far, far right. The show dealt with alcoholism, pot smoking, abortion (Maude herself had one, in a two-part episode that generated outrage as well as applause) and other subjects to which that quick-tongued title character could apply her shrill wisdom.
I watched All In the Family a lot when I was young. It was a good show. Sometimes since then, I hear that a show like that couldn't be shown today because it was too political or not politically...
I watched All In the Family a lot when I was young. It was a good show. Sometimes since then, I hear that a show like that couldn't be shown today because it was too political or not politically correct. I don't know if that's true, but I'm quite sure that the current political polarization would make it a target of boycotts and other grandstanding. But that happened already in the 80's with Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown so I guess it's the same after all.
Oh it definitely couldn't be shown today. Archie Bunker liberally used words to describe minorities that would be considered highly offensive today. He had opinions about women that would also...
Oh it definitely couldn't be shown today. Archie Bunker liberally used words to describe minorities that would be considered highly offensive today. He had opinions about women that would also cause a major backlash if it was a show that was still on tv. Its quite amazing watching excerpts from that old show and realizing how we all thought he was a bit edgy and opinionated but that's what made him funny back in the day. Today? Nope, we're all too pc for that. Apparently.
He wrote the Princess Bride?
I'm not sure if he had a writing credit or not, but the screenplay was by William Goldman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/television/norman-lear-all-in-the-family.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/norman-lear-tv-legend-dies-at-101/ar-AA1l5HIl
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/other/rob-reiner-quinta-brunson-and-more-pay-tribute-to-norman-lear-a-titan-of-this-industry/ar-AA1l64rr
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/other/remembering-norman-lear-tv-titan-and-icon-of-american-progressivism/ar-AA1l5PUw
I watched All In the Family a lot when I was young. It was a good show. Sometimes since then, I hear that a show like that couldn't be shown today because it was too political or not politically correct. I don't know if that's true, but I'm quite sure that the current political polarization would make it a target of boycotts and other grandstanding. But that happened already in the 80's with Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown so I guess it's the same after all.
Oh it definitely couldn't be shown today. Archie Bunker liberally used words to describe minorities that would be considered highly offensive today. He had opinions about women that would also cause a major backlash if it was a show that was still on tv. Its quite amazing watching excerpts from that old show and realizing how we all thought he was a bit edgy and opinionated but that's what made him funny back in the day. Today? Nope, we're all too pc for that. Apparently.
Mirror, for those hit by the paywall:
https://archive.is/7Rnpg