From what I've read on message boards, etc. over the years is that a lot of people called her acting hammy and heavy-handed and over-the-top. Personally I don't see it but they cited things such as her character always jogging to the door, saying "Dammnit Julie!" or getting angry. Bonnie was only playing the part the way it was written so I don't find any fault with her. Then again, the posters who wrote these things were never fans of the Norman Lear shows anyway and they hated the idea of a divorced mother uprooting her girls "just to find herself". These same people bashed Maude a lot too.
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