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An in-depth telling of the Norman Lear's seven-decade career that Publishers Weekly calls a "lovingly detailed portrait" and "a fitting tribute to a consequential figure in television history" and Booklist praises as an "extensive and comprehensive look at a comedic legend."
Beginning in the 1970s, writer and producer Norman Lear forever altered the television landscape with such groundbreaking situation comedies as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time. For over half a century his body of work boldly tackled race, class, sexuality, politics, and religion—topics previously considered too taboo to be the subject of comedy on the small screen.
Norman Lear: His Life and Times is the unforgettable story of an extraordinary seven-decade career. Veteran author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell offers an intimate portrait of Lear that is the product of years of research and numerous interviews. Whetsell shows how Lear created the gold standard for television comedies, producing shows that were the first to give underrepresented members of society an authentic prime-time voice, while encouraging audiences to confront their own humanity and shortcomings. In the process, he explores one of television's most transformative periods, detailing Lear's legacy as one of its chief architects and catalysts.
This affectionate and candid tribute combines show-business history with an illuminating consideration of the inner workings of "the man in the white hat"—a figure who singlehandedly redefined an entire medium by reflecting the world around him.
Beginning in the 1970s, writer and producer Norman Lear forever altered the television landscape with such groundbreaking situation comedies as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time. For over half a century his body of work boldly tackled race, class, sexuality, politics, and religion—topics previously considered too taboo to be the subject of comedy on the small screen.
Norman Lear: His Life and Times is the unforgettable story of an extraordinary seven-decade career. Veteran author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell offers an intimate portrait of Lear that is the product of years of research and numerous interviews. Whetsell shows how Lear created the gold standard for television comedies, producing shows that were the first to give underrepresented members of society an authentic prime-time voice, while encouraging audiences to confront their own humanity and shortcomings. In the process, he explores one of television's most transformative periods, detailing Lear's legacy as one of its chief architects and catalysts.
This affectionate and candid tribute combines show-business history with an illuminating consideration of the inner workings of "the man in the white hat"—a figure who singlehandedly redefined an entire medium by reflecting the world around him.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE THE EARLY YEARS
- PART TWO ON THE ASCENT
- PART THREE THE GLORY YEARS
- PART FOUR THE LATER YEARS
- Afterword and Acknowledgments
- Norman Lear Complete Filmography
- Notes