Exclusive: Legendary producer Norman Lear (TheNormanLear) will be feted as an 'honorary' Irishman at the 15th annual Oscar Wilde Awards
will be feted as an "honorary Irishman" at the Feb. 6 event held at Bad Robot in Santa Monica, it was announced Tuesday."As our nonprofit organization is all about shedding old stereotypes and being inclusive, I was particularly struck by Mr. Lear's refusal to make his most famous character, Archie Bunker, Irish," Trina Vargo, founder and president of the US-Ireland Alliance, which stages the event, noted in a statement.
"Bunker was portrayed by Irish American actor Carroll O'Connor. In his autobiography, Mr. Lear writes that he was advised by many to go with O'Carroll's look and to make Archie Irish and Catholic. But Mr. Lear wrote that he 'refused to pin the bigot in Archie on any specific ethnicity or religion, so we never went there.' Mr. Lear was ahead of his time then and worth heeding today.
A five-time Emmy winner and founder of the advocacy group People for the American Way, the always busy Lear now serves as executive producer on the reimagining ofspecials at ABC. James L. Brooks, Paul Rudd, James Corden, Michelle Williams, Zachary Quinto and Glenn Close were previously honored as "honorary Irish" at the Oscar Wilde Awards.
Comedian Tig Notaro and actress Jenn Murray also will be saluted alongside Lear at the bash hosted by J.J. Abrams.has described their sound as a mix between Taylor Swift’sThe Rau — Roseanna , Alanna and Jonathan Brown — took their name inspired by Irish and Hebrew influences. They toured as the main opening act for the Irish group Westlife on a sold-out U.K. and Ireland arena tour last year.
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