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Jean Stapleton Not Being Edith Bunker

This is a good disorienting clip where Jean Stapleton is trying not to sound or act like a dingbat (she succeeds for the most part, but there is something in her manner that still suggests Edith).

If you really want your mind blown, try watching Jean presenting Emmy awards during the early Seventies (apparently not available on YouTube, thanks a lot). She is out to blow America away, and succeeds in the most disorienting way, with her straight posture, elegant grace and theatrical delivery (picture it: “the nominees ahhhh…”).

Still, you can bask in this. Disorient yourselves watching Edith not be Edith.

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