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Posts Tagged Norman Lear

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October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Always Starting, Never Ending

jesus, FUCK! – Alan Bennett is 83. I better get watching – and reading – his books, his TV, his films, scripts… Shit! There’s too much for me. (I’ve read some, seen some – but there’s much to revisit, and so much to try, to find, to hunt, to line up). A name gets mentioned, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actors, Alan Bennett, Always Starting, Always Starting Never Ending, Art, artists, Bob Dylan, Books, Clive James, Comedians, Comics, Film, Filmmakers, Garry Trudeau, Graphic Novels, Herbie Hancock, Joan Didion, Musicians, Never Ending, Norman Lear, Patti Smith, Peter Cook, Plays, Poem, Robert Crumb, Roger McGough, Theatre, Tracey Ullman, TV, Tyshawn Sorey, Woody Allen, Writers ·

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August 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Archie Bunker’s place

I really like that Archie Bunker character. I mean I wouldn’t think much of him as a person – if he was a real person…but as a character (a very real character) there’s so much there. Even still. You wouldn’t (probably) get away with it now – though the trick seems to be to animate… […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged All In The Family, Archie Bunker, Archie Bunker's Place, Carroll O'Connor, Edith, Jean Stapleton, Norman Lear, Place, Poem, Poem: Archie Bunker's Place, TV ·

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June 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast: Film

If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast Director: Danny Gold Shapiro/West Productions, Gold Entertainment Group/HBO The title of this charming documentary comes from a Carl Reiner bit. He recalls the obituary of an actress he had worked with – the only picture featured including Reiner (in his co-staring capacity). He jokes about doing a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 90, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Eat Breakfast, Eat Breakfast: Film, Film, Film Review, HBO, If You're Not In The Obit, If You're Not In The Obit Eat Breakfast, If You're Not In The Obit Eat Breakfast: Film, Mel Brooks, Movie Review, Norman Lear, Tony Bennett, TV ·

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May 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Norman Lear – Just Another Version of You: Film

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Directors: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Loki Films/Thirteen/WNET He’s 93 and sharp as anything – and what a life of impact – Norman Lear is one of the greatest minds to have ever worked in television. A showrunner for so many big-deal TV shows in America in the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, All In The Family, America, Archie Bunker, Doc, Doc Edge, Doco, Documentary, Documentary Edge Festival, Film, Film Review, Good Times, Just Another Version of You, Maude, Movie Review, Mpvie, Norman Lear, Norman Lear - Just Another Version of You: Film, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Producer, Sanford and Son, Showrunner, Television, The Jeffersons, TV, TV writer, Writer ·

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