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Penny Marshall was a sly revolutionary.
But first, she conquered sitcoms.
Laverne was a creature of appetites.
She lusted without shame, drank her fill, ate as if every meal could be her last.
From there, she started to segue into another line of work.
Its thought of as another warm and embracing feel-good movie, but its really not.
Marshalls legacy is a set of groundbreaking achievements that dont necessarily announce themselves as such.
The more distance we get from her life and career, the more undeniable her impact will be.
To find a comparably impressive figure, you have to look to someone like Barbra Streisand.
