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Suzanne Somers and the death of innocence

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Posted By: DW626, 10/16/2023 7:27:22 AM

Suzanne Somers, best remembered for her starring role in the iconic 1970s sitcom Three’s Company, has passed away at age 76. Somers leaves behind a husband and a son, and I send both of them my condolences. Her passing reminded me of the fact that Three’s Company was both a show from a much more innocent time as well as a show that paved the way for the cultural dissolution that characterizes 2023. If you’re younger than I am, here’s the premise of Three’s Company, which debuted in 1976 and ran until 1984: Jack (John Ritter) needed a place to live.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ARKfamily 10/16/2023 7:54:03 AM (No. 1578380)
From the article, "What the show really did, though, behind all the nudge-nudge, wink-wink jokes about cohabitation, was to normalize a break from the traditional family unit." To the author: you must have grown up in a traditional family unit because when you portray "a break from the traditional family unit" as something normal, you have no idea the pain children have to go through when the traditional family unit collapses or breaks. Or a child has never had one. I have no idea your background but if you truly had a "normal" traditional family unit and you are complaining about it, you really don't know how blessed you were. Trust me, I don't put Suzanne Somers and innocence in the same sentence.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: ARKfamily 10/16/2023 7:56:34 AM (No. 1578381)
As frustrated as I was with the author, I do need to say this - may Suzanne Somers rest in peace and her family find that same peace. It is not easy to lose someone you love.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: felixcat 10/16/2023 8:23:01 AM (No. 1578399)
This morning on the Larry O'Connor show on wmal.com talk radio, regular guest, Joe DiGenova was on and speak very movingly about he and his wife's long friendship with Suzanne Somers and her husband. Suzanne was a strong conservative and lost friendships because of her political views. Later today our tomorrow, you can hear this interview on wmal.com website.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: minuteman 10/16/2023 8:27:33 AM (No. 1578400)
I am not sure that I read the Sam article as #1. The premise of the article, or so I thought, was that the show was a Hollywood arrow, in the guise of a light comedy, that successfully pierced the armor of the traditional family unit and helped promote homosexuality and shacking up, all to the detriment of society. And in so doing vastly contributed to the agony of children through the broker and disfunctional homes it helped create. Maybe I read too much into it. That is what I think of the show and I grew up watching it. Rest in peace Suzanne and God bless and keep all her loved one.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Rumblehog 10/16/2023 8:57:35 AM (No. 1578423)
I kind of think actors and actresses just do the part offered in order to get a paycheck and get their five minutes of fame. Don't read too much into it. John Wayne once played Genghis Khan in a movie too. /s
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Reply 6 - Posted by: ARKfamily 10/16/2023 9:23:49 AM (No. 1578444)
#4, maybe I should just look at the article as I really don't know what the author is saying because I don't. As you obviously can tell, I was focused on that one statement in the article. It did not sit right because if you think I believe that we were in more innocent times, we were not. Hollywood was starting to revise God's standards and people were all too willing to break from them. Down-slide from there. . .
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Venturer 10/16/2023 9:32:23 AM (No. 1578452)
May she rest in Peace. As for the show Three's Company , it was a farce, and comedy TV show that was unreal. This man lived with 2 girls and never had sex with either of them. Bull.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: minuteman 10/16/2023 10:20:19 AM (No. 1578497)
I think that I just read my own opinion into the article #6…I guess I don’t really know what he is trying to say either. I do feel like it was generally a more innocent time…but maybe not. We were already well down the slope of moral depravity. It was after all the age of Disco.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: red1066 10/16/2023 10:59:20 AM (No. 1578523)
Three's Company was started in the disco era. An era that was founded on awful music, gosh ugly clothes, stupid shoes, and overpriced disco venues. That era is what started the decline in this country. The entire period of the disco era was based on phoniness. After just a couple disco songs, I would need to cleanse my soul with some Led Zepplin, Stones, or a number of other rock groups just to bring some sanity back to my life.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Kate318 10/16/2023 11:02:51 AM (No. 1578528)
I was never a fan of Three’s Company. It was that wink, wink, nudge, nudge, titillating, sexual innuendo, comedy stuff that was big back then. But, I loved John Ritter and came to respect Suzanne Sommers as a smart business woman, later in her career. RIP, Ms. Sommers. Thanks for your contributions to the human race.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: NYbob 10/16/2023 11:03:09 AM (No. 1578529)
IF we are going to write about moral decay and Media, maybe start with Bosom Buddies.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: jar 10/16/2023 3:52:08 PM (No. 1578771)
At the age of 89, I think I'm in a position to know what things "used to be like" once upon a time in America. Growing up in the post World War II era and into the fifties, I recall how things were a lot "different" back then. However, to consider "Three's a Crowd" as challenging the traditional family is a real stretch. I remember arrangements similar to those in "Three's a Crowd" even in the 50's, in which young people, male and female (as they used to be called) who weren't ready for marriage became roommates out of necessity, because of budgetary problems and housing inadequacy. Usually, eventually these people, after a couple of years of seasoning, embarked on traditional marriages themselves. One further thought, I can't remember the exact line in the story, but author Wilburg mentions Suzanne Sommers left the show because she thought she was destined for greater things, then adds: "She wasn't." I would take issue with that sentence, for after her acting career, Suzanne became an entrepreneur as well as author, and accomplished quite a lot in her life on earth. Today she would have been 77. Godspeed, Suzanne!
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