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Tag: Special Issue: Women & TV Comedy: A Tribute to Mary Tyler Moore

Women Together, Not Alone: An Alternative Feminist Legacy for The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bonnie J. Dow / Vanderbilt University

February 20, 2017 Bonnie Dow / Vanderbilt University 6 comments

Bonnie J. Dow looks at the legacy of Mary Tyler Moore and feminism, the feminist movements of the 1970’s, and the Women’s March of 2017, and reminds us of the importance of strong female communities.

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show, American Television, and the Slow Pace of Social Change
Elana Levine / University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

February 20, 2017 Elana Levine / University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee One comment

Elana Levine traces the slow pace of social change on 1970s sitcoms, exploring the connections between MTM, Maude, One Day at a Time, Alice, Charlie’s Angels, and Wonder Woman.

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My Life with Mary: Remembering The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh

February 19, 2017 Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh One comment

Jane Feuer looks back on what The Mary Tyler Moore Show meant to her as a college student and then as a television scholar.

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Laura Petrie and Performance as Wifely Duty
Annie Berke / Hollins University

February 19, 2017 Annie Berke / Hollins University 3 comments

Annie Berke discusses Mary Tyler Moore’s portrayal of Laura Petrie to examine the fluid boundary between work and home in The Dick Van Dyke Show.

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Support Your Local Daughter: Celebrating Mary Tyler Moore’s Glimpse at Maternal Anxiety
Emily Hoffman / Arkansas Tech University

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Emily Hoffman discusses the ways in which The Mary Tyler Moore Show demonstrates the possible messiness of motherhood and daughterhood without relying on sitcom conventions.

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Can you imagine Mary Richards as a radical queer?
Gerald Walton / Lakehead University

February 19, 2017 Gerald Walton / Lakehead University One comment

Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Gerald Walton addresses the personal possibilities and pitfalls of identifying with the character of Mary Richards from a queer perspective.

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: We Need Vulnerability and Spunk
Jennifer Fogel / SUNY-Oswego

February 19, 2017 Jennifer Fogel / SUNY-Oswego 2 comments

Jennifer Fogel explores an often overlooked aspect of Mary Richards’ personality: her vulnerability. Mary waffled, wobbled, and “made it on her own”–a lesson still valuable to contemporary viewers.

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Mary Tyler Moore: The Exemplary Disruption of the Single City Girl Archetype
Charisse L’Pree / Syracuse University

February 19, 2017 Charisse L'Pree / Syracuse University One comment

Charisse L’Pree examines the historical representation of women in the sitcom and traces the development of what she terms the “Single City Girl” archetype.

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