Because that's all you needed to say in the 70s and pretty much everyone in North America knew who you meant.
I wasn't particularly a fan, but the Mary Tyler Moore show epitomised the media mainstreaming of second-wave feminism.
"Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have the town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all"
went the theme song as the ever-smiling Mary danced through Minneapolis on her way to work for crusty, but lovable, Lou Grant in the newsroom of WJM. The reality for single women in the workforce then was very different of course (the excellent recent movie Christine is, in my memory, a more realistic portrayal of the period and environment) nevertheless, however misplaced I sure do miss MTM's unquenchable optimism.
I wasn't particularly a fan, but the Mary Tyler Moore show epitomised the media mainstreaming of second-wave feminism.
"Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have the town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all"
went the theme song as the ever-smiling Mary danced through Minneapolis on her way to work for crusty, but lovable, Lou Grant in the newsroom of WJM. The reality for single women in the workforce then was very different of course (the excellent recent movie Christine is, in my memory, a more realistic portrayal of the period and environment) nevertheless, however misplaced I sure do miss MTM's unquenchable optimism.
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