The Fulcrum: Is Liz Lemon the new Mary Richards?

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  Posted by Hugh Donagher Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:33am PDT

  I'm not sure the deserts can miss the rain. Can you miss something you never had?

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  Posted by keith Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:41am PDT

  mary richards was drop dead gorgeous model material, liz lemon is the nerdy girl next door with nothing but a decent rack you didn't notice until she wore a bathing suit to the neighborhood pool party so you decided to go for it but then totally regretted it because at the end of the day she is still just a nerdy girl next door. NOT the hot girl at the office you decide to go for and thank god every day after that you did. that's a BIG difference.

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  Posted by THOMASG Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:37am PDT

  mary was a little screechy and painful to watch.

  liz is cute and footstompingly funny.

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  Posted by Cheryl Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:31am PDT

  Take a gorgeous girl, make her funny and smart, throw in some insecurity and self-doubt and you've not only got Mary Richards and Liz Lemon, you've got "I Love Lucy." For 50 years, the formula really hasn't changed, has it? Humor is in the imperfections. It just wouldn't be as funny if Liz was

  the Jack, Mary was the Lou, and Lucy was the Ricky. Or would it?

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  Posted by Kim Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:47am PDT

  Does this mean that Tracey Jordan is the new Ted Baxter?

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  Posted by Megan Carr Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:56am PDT

  The biggest difference to me is that Mary Tyler Moore didn't have any input to what Mary said. Both Tina and her characters are writers first, then funny attractive ladies.

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  Posted by lengthwise Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:15am PDT

  you're about a year late and several dollars short. and they say no one has original ideas anymore.

  http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20033306,00.html

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  Posted by Donald Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:02pm PDT

  Actually Liz Lemon is more like Rose Marie from "Dick Van Dyke"

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  Posted by SingleWomenRule.com Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:53pm PDT

  It is soooooo disturbing that it is sooooo funny that Mary and Liz are both "successful at work" and "losers in love".

  Can we not have it both ways? Why does it have to be a trade off?

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  Posted by Jamie Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:56pm PDT

  If this is the quality of writing I have to look forward to in this ridiculous "web site for women," I am insulted. Find some subjects and verbs for all those sentence fragments, and be sure you have some actual insight before you even bother.

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