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Betty White’s death on Dec. 31 marked the sixth major figure from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to pass in 2021. Actors Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner , series co-creator Allan Burns and director Jay Sandrich also died during the year that just ended.
The coincidental timing of the losses of these legends underscores the passage of time for the network television business. “Mary Tyler Moore,” “All in the Family,” “Mash” and other early 1970s shows ushered in the era of big ensemble comedy hits destined to endure as classics of the form. TV historian Tim Brooks has dubbed this period the “relevance era,” representing a backlash to the fantasy escapism of 1960s comedy hits such as “Bewitched” and “I Dream of Jeannie.”
“Mary Tyler Moore” was endowed from the start with a powerhouse cast, most of whom were also blessed with powerhouse genes.
White...
Betty White’s death on Dec. 31 marked the sixth major figure from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to pass in 2021. Actors Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner , series co-creator Allan Burns and director Jay Sandrich also died during the year that just ended.
The coincidental timing of the losses of these legends underscores the passage of time for the network television business. “Mary Tyler Moore,” “All in the Family,” “Mash” and other early 1970s shows ushered in the era of big ensemble comedy hits destined to endure as classics of the form. TV historian Tim Brooks has dubbed this period the “relevance era,” representing a backlash to the fantasy escapism of 1960s comedy hits such as “Bewitched” and “I Dream of Jeannie.”
“Mary Tyler Moore” was endowed from the start with a powerhouse cast, most of whom were also blessed with powerhouse genes.
White...
- 1/1/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The usually staid doc category is turning into this year's dishiest Oscar race.
For starters, there was the mini-controversy over Three Identical Strangers, Neon/CNN's film about an infamous study conducted in the early 1960s in partnership with Dr. Peter Neubauer and the Louise Wise adoption agency that separated twins (and one set of triplets) and put them up for adoption with different families. Journalist-filmmaker Paula Bernstein (once a TV reporter with bylines in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety), who had written a book with her twin sister, Elyse Schein, on being part of the experiment, took a jab at ...
For starters, there was the mini-controversy over Three Identical Strangers, Neon/CNN's film about an infamous study conducted in the early 1960s in partnership with Dr. Peter Neubauer and the Louise Wise adoption agency that separated twins (and one set of triplets) and put them up for adoption with different families. Journalist-filmmaker Paula Bernstein (once a TV reporter with bylines in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety), who had written a book with her twin sister, Elyse Schein, on being part of the experiment, took a jab at ...
- 12/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The usually staid doc category is turning into this year's dishiest Oscar race.
For starters, there was the mini-controversy over Three Identical Strangers, Neon/CNN's film about an infamous study conducted in the early 1960s in partnership with Dr. Peter Neubauer and the Louise Wise adoption agency that separated twins (and one set of triplets) and put them up for adoption with different families. Journalist-filmmaker Paula Bernstein (once a TV reporter with bylines in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety), who had written a book with her twin sister, Elyse Schein, on being part of the experiment, took a jab at ...
For starters, there was the mini-controversy over Three Identical Strangers, Neon/CNN's film about an infamous study conducted in the early 1960s in partnership with Dr. Peter Neubauer and the Louise Wise adoption agency that separated twins (and one set of triplets) and put them up for adoption with different families. Journalist-filmmaker Paula Bernstein (once a TV reporter with bylines in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety), who had written a book with her twin sister, Elyse Schein, on being part of the experiment, took a jab at ...
- 12/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
With tomorrow’s kickoff, Ifp, Filmmaker‘s publisher, celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Ifp Week and its own 40th anniversary year. The Fall print edition of Filmmaker includes a commemorative supplement, produced by Ifp, which contains, in addition to many fantastic archival photos, this article by Paula Bernstein on the event’s history. Tickets to some of the public events at Ifp Week are still available and can be purchased here at the link. — Editor “Only one year out of film school, I soaked it all up like a sponge,” says Oscar-winning producer Adele Romanski, recalling her first time attending Ifp […]...
- 9/14/2018
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
With tomorrow’s kickoff, Ifp, Filmmaker‘s publisher, celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Ifp Week and its own 40th anniversary year. The Fall print edition of Filmmaker includes a commemorative supplement, produced by Ifp, which contains, in addition to many fantastic archival photos, this article by Paula Bernstein on the event’s history. Tickets to some of the public events at Ifp Week are still available and can be purchased here at the link. — Editor “Only one year out of film school, I soaked it all up like a sponge,” says Oscar-winning producer Adele Romanski, recalling her first time attending Ifp […]...
- 9/14/2018
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
After having premiered at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival, Amber Sealey brings her new feature, No Light and No Land Anywhere, to theaters today. The Factory 25 release screens at the IFC Center, with Sealey doing Q&As at all the evening shows. Tickets and information can be found here at the link. And, below, read Paula Bernstein’s interview with Sealey conducted just prior to the film’s festival launch. Five years after her last feature, writer-director-actor Amber Sealey returns with No Light and No Land Anywhere, a psychosexual drama executive produced by Miranda July. Starring British stage actress Gemma Brockis […]...
- 3/16/2018
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
After having premiered at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival, Amber Sealey brings her new feature, No Light and No Land Anywhere, to theaters today. The Factory 25 release screens at the IFC Center, with Sealey doing Q&As at all the evening shows. Tickets and information can be found here at the link. And, below, read Paula Bernstein’s interview with Sealey conducted just prior to the film’s festival launch. Five years after her last feature, writer-director-actor Amber Sealey returns with No Light and No Land Anywhere, a psychosexual drama executive produced by Miranda July. Starring British stage actress Gemma Brockis […]...
- 3/16/2018
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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