The New York Times reports:
No one was harder on Mary Tyler Moore than Mary Tyler Moore. “I was brought up to be a perfect person, or to look like a perfect person,” she admitted in her first memoir, “After All” (1995). Her sitcoms convinced audiences she was the best girl in the world — and the pressure to measure up to her characters kept her grinning.
“Being Mary Tyler Moore,” a charming documentary directed by James Adolphus, aims to peek under the smile. The film is structured by archival footage of two television interviews with Moore.
The first, from 1966, is sexist and condescending. The second, conducted 15 years later, is empathetic and probing. Between them, Moore had reshaped how women were treated on the small screen.
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‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ is startling in its intimacy—and a reminder that few truly knew the woman who spent decades lighting up living rooms everywhere. https://t.co/l9pNjOkJNs
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With decades of friendship, the legendary Carol Burnett has only one regret about her time with Mary Tyler Moore.
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“No wonder she’s an icon.”
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