Norman+Lear

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===Norman Lear was born in New Haven Connecticut on July, 27, 1922. He married three times and had six children. Norman was involved with many movies and Television shows such as“Sanford & Son”; “Maude”; “Good Times”; “The Jeffersons”; “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”; “Fernwood 2Nite” and the dramatic series “Palmerstown U.S.A.” His motion picture credits include “Cold Turkey,” “Divorce American Style,” “Fried Green Tomatoes,” “Stand By Me” and “The Princess Bride.” In 1982, he produced the two-hour special, “I Love Liberty,” for ABC.The reason Norman is attached to this subject is that all of these shows the he has written have brought all of the subjects of diversity into play on the television and on the big screen. He brought his ideas and political views into most all of his writings. Some of them, people disagree with and some people just let slide. In one of his shows called Maude, the topic of abortion was brought up into the main plot of the episode, this was a big issue in the time of the show and many people had cross views about it. Also he made the first sitcoms with black families, many people were opposed to this, but it seems that nowadays people don't mind as much as they used to. But he brought it all into play and made people think. He brought all of the conflicts people didn't want to talk about onto the screen.===

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