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Author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about Norman Lear and his new biography about the seven-decade career of a TV icon who created the gold standard for television comedies, producing shows that were the first to give underrepresented members of society an authentic prime-time voice, while encouraging audiences to confront their own humanity and shortcomings.
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Author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about Norman Lear and his new biography about the seven-decade career of a TV icon who created the gold standard for television comedies, producing shows that were the first to give underrepresented members of society an authentic prime-time voice, while encouraging audiences to confront their own humanity and shortcomings.

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