Editing Ordinary People (section)

===Analysis===
Julia L. Hall, a journalist who has written extensively about [[narcissistic personality disorder]], wrote in 2017 upon Moore's death that she "portrays her character's narcissism to a tee in turn after turn."<ref name=Hall/> She praised Moore for taking such a career risk so soon after having played such a memorable and likable character on television, "scaffolding gaping emptiness with a persona of perfection, supported by denial, blame, rejection, and rage."<ref name=Hall>{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Julie L.|title=Remembering Mary Tyler Moore as the Chilling Narcissist Mother in 'Ordinary People'|url=https://narcissistfamilyfiles.com/2017/02/11/remembering-mary-tyler-moore-chilling-narcissist-mother-ordinary-people/|website=The Narcissist Family Files|date=February 11, 2017|access-date=October 6, 2021|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006053121/https://narcissistfamilyfiles.com/2017/02/11/remembering-mary-tyler-moore-chilling-narcissist-mother-ordinary-people/|url-status=live}}</ref>