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Norman Lear always interested in whatever can get him the most attention, and also whatever takes a jab at the Christian population.

Cannot stand not to be the center attention. Has an over
inflated sense of his own worth.

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Norman Lear always interested in whatever can get him the most attention, and also whatever takes a jab at the Christian population.

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Lear wrote Archie to be an object lesson in bigotry to be laughed at. The problem became that viewers identified with Archie, like him, and thought Meathead was the fool. This irritated Lear to no end.

Similarly, in the movie “Wall Street,” Gordon Gekko is written as a villain, but to Michael Douglas’s chagrin, people come to him remembering “Greed is good,” and agreeing with Gekko’s underlying sentiments.