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The Life and Times of Lucille Ball "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

Rewinding back to the 1950’s, I Love Lucy was one of the most popular sitcoms on television. There were two main characters and they happen to be married. The husband’s name was Ricky and the wife’s name is Lucy. Ricky is a talented singer and part of a band. On the other hand, his wife strives to be famous and share her talents with the world. Her husband claims that she has no talent and she would be better off staying at home to be a housewife. Throughout the show, Lucy finds herself getting into

men would be in suits and usually look very formal. In Modern family they all would dress sort of like how we would. Very casually and no one really sticks out from one another when it would come to comparing clothes. Role of men/women: The roles in I Love Lucy would also be something that you would expect for the time. The Men would be the busy business men in there suits going and working and coming home to greet their wife and for the ladies, It would be like cleaning, Kitchen Work and most stereotypical

seen as an influential person for the ways in which she was able to introduce new ideas. She and Arnaz even introduced developing the production technique used for the modern sitcom, filming I Love Lucy in segments, with three cameras, before a live audience. When I Love Lucy first aired, many people fell in love with the show admediatly. It had such a big impact that, “In 1953, 67% of American homes tuned in every Monday night to watch the show.” (Gehring 1). For that many to be watching the show,

Romeo is an honorable teen boy who has a low self-esteem. He is not a fighter, but a lover. Romeo is considered to be in reality a womanizer. After finding out Rosaline doesn’t love him back, he wanted to attempt suicide. However, after seeing Juliet, all he wants to do is be with her because of her beauty. Most times, Romeo is a sad dramatic guy who runs away from his problems. Juliet is a 13 year old girl who wants to live her youth. Her parents wants what’s best for her; however, she wants to

3) Revised Thesis Chapter During the 50s when rock n’ roll music exploded, poodle skirts were colorful and drive in theaters were the place to be, actress Lucille Ball was the most loved and iconic television comedian of her time. She was an American icon and the first lady of television during the 1950s. Lucille Ball changed how society views women. She not only changed the face of television, but she also paved the way for women, not only in show business, but within the business world. To understand

biographical drama chronicling Linda Boreman’s experience with the pornographic film industry from the age of 20 to the age of 32. In the 1970’s, Linda (played by Amanda Seyfried) meets Chuck Traynor (played by Peter Sarsgaard), and falls in love. Short on money, Chuck coerces Linda into prostitution and the pornographic film industry. Spending only seventeen days in the porn industry, Linda becomes the star of one of the most well known pornographic films in western history, Deep Throat, and receives

When the television program I Love Lucy came out, the culture at that time had a different idea of gender roles. In the television show, Lucy is seen at home and never at work. This is because women during this time did not work. They would stay at home and be the typical housewife, while the husband works. In television today, women are seen as independent. These women are allowed to have the same job as a male. In the television show I love Lucy, season 1 episode 4, after getting her fortune told

The relationships in I Love Lucy center on Lucy, Ricky, and her friendships with her landlords and neighbors, Fred and Ethel. Lucy, often the one who instigates and devises the plans, drags her willing friend Ethel through a maze of misguided schemes in hopes of becoming famous. Feeling challenged by Ricky, who opposes her not-so-brilliant ideas, Lucy retaliates with trickery and indiscretions that never work out as she planned. Adding to the comedy, when Ricky finds out what Lucy has done, he is

Most popular of the ‘50s sitcoms was I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Starting in 1951, I Love Lucy is about a Cuban band leader, Ricky Ricardo, and his wife, Lucy, living in New York City. Lucy draws most of the laughs in the show, often because of her silly or pathetic actions. Even though these actions are