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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 399709" data-attributes="member: 5079">Should you find yourself interested in Mary, her career, and the background of how Mary Richards came to be, last year&#039;s documentary was interesting and informative.[MEDIA=youtube]zU5p79a7IgU:8[/MEDIA]It does delve into Mary&#039;s ambivalence&nbsp; about her symbolic role of 1970s feminism. And of course, Mary learned a lot from her time on DVD and applied those lessons to her own show.&nbsp; MTM lacks the slapsticky comedy of DVD, but otherwise they are structurally and comedically quite similar.&nbsp; It&#039;s always a bit surprising to me that Mary resisted what must have been an obvious temptation: guest appearances from her DVD cohorts.&nbsp; Only Jerry van Dyke shows up, and his role in both shows was fairly minor.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also Jerry Paris directed a few episodes, so maybe Mary&nbsp; just liked men named Jerry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 399709, member: 5079"] Should you find yourself interested in Mary, her career, and the background of how Mary Richards came to be, last year's documentary was interesting and informative. [MEDIA=youtube]zU5p79a7IgU:8[/MEDIA] It does delve into Mary's ambivalence about her symbolic role of 1970s feminism. And of course, Mary learned a lot from her time on DVD and applied those lessons to her own show. MTM lacks the slapsticky comedy of DVD, but otherwise they are structurally and comedically quite similar. It's always a bit surprising to me that Mary resisted what must have been an obvious temptation: guest appearances from her DVD cohorts. Only Jerry van Dyke shows up, and his role in both shows was fairly minor. Also Jerry Paris directed a few episodes, so maybe Mary just liked men named Jerry. [/QUOTE]

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