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Norman Lear

Norman Lear

American Producer

Born: Jul 27, 1922

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We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition. Norman Lear

Country Constant Per Excess Repetition Violence

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension. Norman Lear

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. Norman Lear

It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed. Norman Lear

In this nation, leadership is dollars. Norman Lear

Leadership Nation Dollars

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. Norman Lear

Heart People Think Were American Controversial American People Who Shows

Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play. Norman Lear

Will Nixon Know Continue Who Even Shows Play

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