By Jennifer Keishin
Armstrong
Simon &
Schuster, 2013. 336 pages. Nonfiction
I grew up in
the seventies and watched the Mary Tyler Moore show regularly. And loved it. While
recently re-watching the series this new book was published and gave additional
perspective on this award-winning sitcom. In the seventies I had no idea how
ground-breaking this show was. Mary plays a single, independent, professional
woman. This had never been seen on television before. Behind the scenes this
show was also the first to employ a team of women writers. The show was
entertaining and funny with an occasional serious edge to it.
Armstrong
gives her readers a well-written, informative and entertaining story of how the
Mary Tyler Moore show came to be, excelled, and influenced future television. Readers
will enjoy the background information on the main actors and descriptions of
the dynamics between the actors during the course of the show.
SML
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