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    The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Scandal are both television shows that have independent and professional women as their main characters. The Mary Tyler Moore show was revolutionary in its inclusion of a career focused and single woman while Scandal is also revolutionary for its featuring of an African-American professional woman as its main character. Both of these television shows left a mark on history for their inclusion of controversial topics into the series. Even though The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Scandal premiered over thirty years apart from one another, they have many similarities in their treatment of gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity. The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered in 1970 on CBS and completed with its final episode…

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    things happen to you”, - Mary Tyler Moore This wonderful quote was from the amazing actress Mary Tyler Moore. Mary Tyler Moore was an actress who was known for her witty comedy in the 1960’s and 1970’s. She is known for her work on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She is also involved in charity work leading us to the conclusion, Mary Tyler Moore is a fantastic actress and a even better person. Moore was born on the crowded streets of Brooklyn, New York on December 29,…

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    During the “Golden Age of Television,” which lasted from 1950-1970, America underwent a number of ideological and social changes, many of which can be found both on the television screen and in real life. Two sitcoms in particular exemplify these changes. Beulah, which was one of the first television shows to feature a black protagonist, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show which highlighted a career driven single women living in the city. Between the twenty year intermission between the makings of…

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    I faced discrimination, but I, Mary Tyler Moore, still powered through. My television series brought up topics that no one would bring up in the seventies. My television series helped break the stereotypes of women. I was born a dancer at heart on December 29, 1936. I danced before I walked and carried that passion all the way through high school. But when I turned seventeen, I starred in my first commercial, quickly leaving behind my dancing career and beginning to start a new career, acting.…

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    Although set in the 70s, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the few timeless programs that remains relatable today. As an extremely likeable character, Mary embodies an innocence along with wholesome humor and her experiences are not too out of line with the average career woman today. While modern viewers of the show would perceive Mary’s life as normal, the experiences of a single independent career woman were anything but normal in 70s society; in fact, Mary Tyler Moore was regarded a…

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    Classic TV Shows are something the whole family can enjoy. These shows were very tame compared to what’s on television now. True, they could be silly and not usually true to life, but sometimes a good laugh is needed. So sit back, read a little and see if you remember some of this classic tv! The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired from 1970-1977 and was a true classic. The show featured Mary Tyler Moore as a career minded single woman working in a newsroom. Moore played the feisty independent woman who…

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    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…

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    positively. They only know the world through their parents, friends, and community. What is seen and heard in everyday lives becomes the norm. In the book The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates, written by Wes Moore, the author examines where the Other Wes Moore went wrong and where the Author Wes Moore went right. The outcomes of both men 's lives are greatly affected by their surroundings, choices, and social influences. Both men are examples of products of their environment, and show how…

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    Angeles with her family(biography, 2017). Betty White is an American, actress, author, animal rights activist and comedian(the famous people, 2017). She first got into the TV career by working as an assistant at a local television station(biography, 2017). Her television career received an enormous boost from her next television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She played Sue Ann Nivens, White showed audiences that behind her sweet smile lay a sharp wit(biography, 2017). White won two Emmy…

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    became a teacher because I loved to talk, but more than that I loved to share. As always, my mother was right. She believed in me, as well as many of the Tyler ISD teachers who taught me and for this I will always be grateful! It is my desire to believe in my students and encourage them to be the best they can be each day! From my earliest recollections I knew I wanted to be a teacher. My first classroom was in my bedroom closet where I taught Raggedy Ann and Andy, an overstuffed bear named…

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