国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「Today, we join in remembering screenwriter and producer Norman Lear, who changed the face of American television. Recognizing the power of the medium to provoke conversations about political issues, social change, and identity, he used his television programs to hold a mirror to American life. He got us thinking and talking about our prejudices, values, and most strongly held beliefs. Lear created some of the most indelible characters in television history, such as Archie and Edith Bunker to George and Louise Jefferson and Maude Findlay. These authentic, flawed, and ultimately iconic characters were types never before seen on the small screen: Archie a prejudiced, cantankerous, blue-collar husband and father; the Jeffersons upwardly-mobile Black Manhattanites; and Maude a stridently progressive, nontraditional middle-aged woman. Running counter to the predominant television depictions of perfect suburban families and unbelievable domestic fantasies, these more diverse and realistic representations of American life resonated with viewers, and Lear’s success allowed him to push the boundaries of network censorship and norms with episodes that tackled big social issues including women’s liberation, the Vietnam War, racism, domestic violence, sexuality, and abortion. In his long and influential career shaping what Americans watched, Norman Lear asked us to think about ourselves, what we believe and hold dear, and what it means to be an American. In this photo, Lear (center) joins the cast of “All in the Family” including Jean Stapleton (left, who played Edith Bunker), Sally Struthers (right of Lear, who played Gloria Stivic, daughter of Archie and Edith), and Rob Reiner (far right, who played Michael “Meathead” Stivic) as they view into the case where the Archie and Edith Bunker’s chairs were on display (one of the chairs is visible in the lower left corner).」12月7日 0時45分