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el_bryanto

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10. I don't think it was as cynical as that -

Reply to redqueen (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 02:01 PM

Dec 2013

I think Norman Lear wanted people to think about what they are seeing.

"Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think." - Norman Lear

Of course TV is a collaborative medium, so doubtless the network had some input as well.

Bryant

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