Honoring and Being Honest About the Legacy of Norman Lear
Honoring the words of Norman Lear, TV production legend, among the most influential in the 20th century. His work has been touted by the likes of Tyler Perry, as seminal in breaking down walls in the TV and Film industries that made more space for legends like Tyler Perry to expand their great works as well.
“I am a Patriot and I will not surrender that word to those who play to our worst impulses rather than our highest ideals”
““I am a patriot,” Norman Lear wrote on his 99th birthday, “and I will not surrender that word to those who play to our worst impulses rather than our highest ideals.” Reclaiming words like “freedom” and “patriotism” from bigots and extremists was important to him.”
He believed firmly in the ideals of the US, not the faux patriotism of some.
He believed firmly in the ideals of a nation that admitted the transgressions of the past, instead of denying or reducing their magnitude, the ideals of a nation providing equal access and opportunity to all its…
