n'est pas

"I think he oversimplified the foundation of humanity by separating the facts of life into the "good" and the "bad," then stating that life is nothing more than a mix thereof. It's more complicated than that, which he himself would have realized had he witnessed Tootie's subtle yet complex range of emotions when she was turned down at the college of her choice. Instead he chose to spend months and months obsessing over the bridge in "The Valerie Harper Show" theme, only to have his work altered when valerie "rhoda" harper left the show and was replaced by the spritely yet oddly panlike Sandy Duncan."

-from "Behind The Music: Alan Thicke"