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| | Maude: Season 1 | DVD Review | Entertainment Weekly |
 | | The laughs generated by Beatrice Arthur's Maude are sometimes so loud and long that the actress has to do that stage-freeze thing, standing motionless until her next line can be heard. |
 | | A spin-off of All in the Family (Maude was Edith Bunker's liberal, upper-middle-class cousin i.e., the anti-Archie), Maude was a prime example of producer Norman Lear's comedy empire of that era, with old-fashioned gag structures juiced by timely, often controversial references. |
 | | Like Archie Bunker, Maude is an intimidating powerhouse: She's brayingly noisy, not to mention taller than her husband, Walter (the breezy Bill Macy), and her grown daughter, Carol (the stiff but charming Adrienne Barbeau). |
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