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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

1,594 words, approx. 6 pages

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman The parody of a soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman debuted in January of 1976, to become the "Bicentennial Soap"—much like Rocky became the Bicentenn... Read more

Essays & Analysis (6)

Critical Essay by John J. O'connor

411 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by John J. O'connor [With "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," Lear and his company] are taking the venerable broadcasting form of soap opera and are attempting to work si... Read more

Critical Essay by Richard Schickel

230 words, approx. 1 pages

Critical Essay by Richard Schickel It must have seemed a good idea doing a parody soap opera. For the opening minutes of its first episode last week, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman … still seemed l... Read more

Critical Essay by James Wolcott

572 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by James Wolcott Confession: "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" caught me almost completely by surprise. It doesn't broadly parody soap operas, and it isn't the so... Read more

Critical Essay by Stephanie Harrington

1,026 words, approx. 4 pages

Critical Essay by Stephanie Harrington [On] "Mary Hartman"—the material is there, just as life is there; the writers respond to the absurdities they perceive around them; the acto... Read more

Critical Essay by Harry F. Waters with Martin Kasindorf

383 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by Harry F. Waters with Martin Kasindorf Love it or loathe it, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" is the nation's latest pop-culture craze—a sort of video Rorschac... Read more

Critical Essay by James Wolcott

357 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by James Wolcott After the first season, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman deteriorated into an off-off-Broadway nightmare—a druggy No Exit, where hell was other suburbanites—but... Read more