Norman Lear Norman Lear made a name for himself in the 1970s as the creator and director of such iconic TV shows as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman -- shows that featured complicated characters and took on serious, sometimes controversial issues, such as racism and abortion, with a mixture of wry humor and unflinching honesty. In conversation, Norman was the funny, thoughtful, astute, curious man we imagined he'd be, generous with his time and surprisingly soulful. And of course, thoroughly, delightfully Perennial. In your mind, what makes you a Perennial? What makes me a Perennial is I feel I'm the peer of whomever I'm talking to. You're 12, I'm 12. There have been a lot of ups and downs and difficult challenges in our country over the years. But as a Perennial, how do you come to terms with that, how do you make sense of it? Who knows? Anything can happen. I lived through World War II, I flew in a B17 bomber. It interests me, that despite how many of us and those like us who preceded us here, despite everything we've managed in science, we haven't got a shred of information or understanding about what happens next. And I think that's one of the great kicks, and it amazes me that I can dwell on it because it's so real and apt. Nobody has come back for an instant to tell us what follows. Excerpt from Catherine Bradford + Gina Pell : Photo by Lily Flores |
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