"Being Mary Tyler Moore": A Nostalgic Tribute to a TV Revolutionary.
The new HBO documentary "Being Mary Tyler Moore" examines the life of the actress who embodied a certain kind of hopeful feminism in her most famous role as Mary Richards on her self-titled 1970s television show. The documentary frames Moore's life in the context of the women's movement, interspersing footage of feminist rallies, news stories about Roe v. Wade and clips of Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan. While Moore's TV self seemed fully in step with feminism, her personal life was more complicated. The documentary grants the film a nostalgic preserved-in-amber effect, situating Moore's life firmly in the past, but it sets the world she represented firmly in the past too, reminding us that the historical moment when feminism's progress seemed assured has vanished.
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