Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was my favorite television show when I was a kid.
It was sort of David Lynch before David Lynch, but minus the ominous soundtrack and the blood. It was David Lynch on Valium.
The first clip has one of the best soliloquies in the history of American television. It begins around six minutes or so into the clip.
Louise Lasser might have been a total pothead when she was filming this show. I know she was outed as a smoker around that time. I'm not sure. But a sui generis and very gifted actress for sure. I think she was with Woody Allen around this period.
This show prefigured so much that ws to follow in terms of the artistic liberties it took.
When it was in full stride, it was often as good as many of the plays being written for the stage at the time.
It's 93 degrees. In April. In Pennsylvania.
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