I’m not sure
why Mary Tyler Moore’s death hit me so hard. I never saw her in a show I didn’t
like, but there were lots of shows I liked. Maybe it’s because I never pictured
her as being old; the last time I remember watching her on TV was “Mary” in
1985. (Over thirty years ago!)
I’m also not
sure younger people realize what a big deal she was: Mary Tyler Moore invented
the modern woman on TV. She was mod, and hip, and all that stuff, on “The Dick
Van Dyke Show”. Then she got her own show, as a single woman making her own way
in life, and blew everybody right out of the water.
There’ll
never be another Mary.
I've only seen her in clips of her shows.
ReplyDeleteI'd imagine that's becoming more and more common, since her peak years were so long ago. But she was brilliant and beautiful in whatever she did.
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