Apple Studios announces 1970s throwback comedy 'Mrs. American Pie'

They should get Don McLean to write the title song!

bestkeptsecret said:

They should get Don McLean to write the title song!

Or they could use his original song and retitle the show "Ms. American Pie." A little digital audio editor editing could probably fix the original 1970 song and convert it as such. It could become a new official release of Don McLean. In that case, the title "Mrs. American Pie" is just Apple's working title, in order to keep this secret.

The honorific "Ms" (meaning what it does today) predates Shakespeare! (I didn't know that until today.) There were a few attempts in the last 400 years to apply it more regularly, but it wasn't until Gloria Steinem used it in 1972 for the title of her magazine that the word became quite popular. In 1976, the superhero "Ms. Marvel" was created. A little later, in 1984, the term won some support of conservatives because of the case of Geraldine Ferraro.

But the year is 2022 (50 years after Steinem's magazine) and there still isn't a consensus of whether to use it or not. There are three positions:

1. Use it by default (e.g., Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners,)
2. Don't use it (e.g., The Queen's English Society,) and
3. Use it if the person being spoken of wants it used (e.g., The New York Times.)

If Apple and Don McLean take my advice in my first paragraph, it could be a seminal moment in the history of "Ms." (No pun intended there.)