Essay On I Love Lucy

	Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, "Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an excellent role model, and has won numerous awards.

Living by the restrictions that society places upon us, humanity is constrained to follow rules. Television writers were forced to write a certain way and were forced to leave out information that society would deem as improper, rude, and even racist. However, in 1971, a groundbreaking American television sitcom broke through societal boundaries and transformed the way that the American audience viewed television. Engulfed by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, fight for women's right, and the Watergate scandal, Norman Lear persevered through stereotypes and entertainment norms with his show All in the Family. This show approached its audience in a very blunt and crude manner; it made conflict the center of its comedy. It dealt with contemporary cultural issues in a relatable way, which blue allowed blue-collar workers to learn about their current everyday issues and concerns. Through his show All in the Family, Norman Lear highlighted sensitive topics such as racism, bigotry, and sexual relations to prove that they are still alive in our country; thus, Norman Lear is an agent of change by bringing awareness to social issues.

The television gave much of the country something to do. It reflected the homogenization of the United States. People began to envision a futuristic nuclear world after the start of the Space Race between the United States and Russia to land on the moon. The United States launched Alan Shepard into space after the Soviets launched “Sputnik” in 1957 as we launched our first man in 1961. Meanwhile, computers were developed into large room size machines to do simple computations and made things portable. One of the characteristics of the mass media during the 1950’s, as the T.V., was that the sitcoms was directed to make viewers think about the idea of the perfect family living the American dream. The only problem with those T.V sitcoms was that not every American family fitted into that mold. For example, Jews, Hispanics, African-Americans, Asians, and other minorities were not portrayed as part of that image that most people wanted to imitate because these T.V. families were white-collar, middle class, and Caucasian.

In the colonial American time period during the seventeenth century there were many important sources that have come up missing. Some are just missing and others destroyed. The modern- day historians have the task of trying to find this lost information to determine the facts about

The television series Friday Night Lights gave a glimpse to the rest of the world what Texas high school football is made of. In the series, the entire town of Dillon, Texas is obsessed with the football team and they do everything to support the boys; the players, cheerleaders, rally girls, coaches, and even managers are glorified in the small West Texas town. They feel like celebrities and are treated like it, but the stardom does not last forever. The song Devil Town was written for this series and with its repetitive lyrics and the dragging sound of the music, it describes the life in Dillon without any actual details.

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." That quote was one that Lucille Ball lived by throughout her twisted and turbulent life. As one of the most recognized faces in the world, she is known to millions simply as Lucy. She went from waitress and salesgirl to model to Goldwyn Girl to radio clown to an unlikely leading lady in a ground-breaking sitcom that is still seen in regular syndicated reruns more than 40 years after the series ended. Beyond being a television legend, she was the first woman president of a major Hollywood studio—a studio she co-founded. This is the life and times of Lucille Ball.

In Marlon Riggs’ documentary Color Adjustment, the viewer is asked to reexamine and recognize the amount of racial subliminal subtexts were present through the popular shows of the time, such as Amos and Andy, The Nat King Cole Show, I Spy, Good Times, Roots, and The Cosby Show. The documentary outlines almost half a century’s worth of race relations by analyzing the racial myths and stereotypes perpetuated on prime time entertainment. To explain it in brevity, Color Adjustment attempts to show how African Americans were slowly allowed to join in the various portrayals of the American family and American Dream that were prevalent and central to the networks’ agenda of keeping viewers entertained in between commercials, only so far as their presence adhered to the strict ideals already in place of a wholesome, nuclear American family and their pursuit of the American Dream. However, one cannot overlook how prime time television networks managed to absorb and integrate divisive racial commentary and conflict into a more conventional and auspicious mode as a nightly

Saturday Night Live There has been one show that has stood out from the others throughout generations. This is going to tell you about that show that has been “Live from New York!” every Saturday night. When It Started When the show first aired, the date was October 11, 1975.

The Goddess of Comedy By Annie Nichol TV Guide once said that Lucille Ball was "seen by more people more often than the face of any other human being who has ever lived." INSERT TRANSITION SENTENCE HERE. Lucille Ball is the greatest actress that has ever lived because of her ability to overcome obstacles and her overwhelming amount of accomplishments. The beginning of Lucy's life was nothing but struggles and hardships, but it made Lucy stronger and pushed her to succeed. At the extraordinarily young age of 3, her father, Henry Durrell Ball, passed away from typhoid fever.

This is a perfect example of this affinity group of couples and how they were portrayed in the early times of sitcoms. The resolution of this episode was for men and women to stick with their assumed roles in a couple. While this show brought up many different issues, society at this time was not ready to accept this idea of men and women not having assumed roles. This came twenty years later with “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” featuring a strong, working woman as the lead of the show. Having this character shows changes in the sitcom world, and the real world.

“When I Love Lucy first aired, it was an immediate success. With 8.7 million viewers nationwide, the show brought happiness into everyone’s households. (“Lucille Ball Biography” 1).” The show brought joy to millions and showed the country how entertaining a red headed American girl and her best friend getting into trouble could be. The format of the show was a perfect showcase of Lucy’s comedic genius. “Many viewers who watched their show were perplexed when they saw a Latin lover and ditsy red-head American fall in love. (“The Many Sides of Lucille Ball” 1).” Lucile and Desi broke down barriers by showing a Cuban husband and an American wife on national television during the 1950s. Lucy and Desi defied stereotypes and in spite of the controversy, the show was a huge success. “Lucille, even though she was a girl, was considered the greatest comedian of her time.” (“Lucille Ball Biography” 1).” Lucy was an incredibly funny comedian who blazed a trail for future female comedians and actresses. In addition, as a producer and director, Lucy changed perceptions about women calling the shots in Hollywood. In front of the camera and behind, Lucy’s legacy of determination and perseverance should be celebrated, and of course, everyone actually does love

We don’t argue so much” (337). Television was a way to bring families together, even though they were not speaking to each other. The only importance was that they were spending time together and were enjoying what they were watching. As television was bringing family together, television shows were changing in American society. They show I Love Lucy debuted

The new era of television was in full action with the introduction and production of relevancy television shows; these shows no longer hid from social problems and injustices, but rather used the world around them to create relevant and slightly more complex storylines. Shows like Chico and the Man and Mary Tyler Moore Show were examples of how television in the 1970s looked at social issues in spheres that had been previously ignored by network producers and became platforms that allowed the spread of information to the public about social, economic, and political struggles of minorities and women. Even though the 1970s demonstrated a new and different mindset when compared to the programming that had been broadcasted in the ‘50s, these progressive

“Lucy, you've got some 'splaining to do!” If you are anything like me, you can hear Ricky Ricardo's iconic voice and as you express this most quotable line, you are impersonating Mr. Ricky Ricardo. I Love Lucy is one of the most legendary and most famous situation comedies of all time, maintaining its ability to appeal audience even half a century later. The television show follows the life of Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), a goofy woman of the house in the 1950s as she attempts to break into show business. In attempts to do so, Lucy gets herself into crazy situations that she often tries to resolve before her husband, Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), comes home. This television show has transformed society as a whole. This television show pushed boundaries by having a bi-racial romantic relationship on television. In the 1950s, individuals would not have thought that a white woman and a Cuban man would be in a romantic relationship, especially on a television show. When Lucy gets pregnant, this situation is the first depiction of pregnancy on a television show. Pregnancy and sex are topics not often brought up in television shows back in the 1950s. Lucille Ball was not your average American homemaker. She set the platform for the proto-feminist lifestyle that us American women live in today.

In life, we learn new things every single day. We learn from people, places, and most importantly we learn from our experiences. The older we get, the more time we have to learn from impactful people, life altering experiences, and today's ever changing society.