In Joan Darling's, The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles Bites the Dust, Chuckles the clown, a friend of the news team, dies and certain coping methods are criticized by certain members of the team for taking the situation too lightly. Mary played by Mary Richards does not appreciate how Murray and the others are making a joke out of the situation, while they believe that they are just using the jokes as a coping method. The show is greatly influenced by the culture of the time period and certain moral standards are put into question and even challenged.
The show aired in 1975, a time period where the feminist movement was in full effect and the Vietnam War was coming to a close. Throughout the film one can see many references to this feminist
The show aired in 1975, a time period where the feminist movement was in full effect and the Vietnam War was coming to a close. Throughout the film one can see many references to this feminist