With Norman Lear, I think the novelty of his shows started to wear off. America was in an angry place in 1971 when these shows were first airing—you had the tail end of the civil rights movement ...
(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101. Lear’s ...
(JTA) – Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century old on Wednesday, and he’s still got a spring in his step. Lear took to Instagram to reminisce the day before his 100th birthday with a ...
Taika Waititi mixed jokes and sincerity in his acceptance speech for the Norman Lear Achievement Award on ... Waititi also thanked the film companies Searchlight, Disney and Marvel, who released ...
That movie was King Lear. I knew it had almost nothing to do with Shakespeare’s King Lear through its reputation, but it had ...