Top 10 Things Being the Ricardos Got Factually Right & Wrong

[@williammccollom6847]

I'm sure Lucille Ball never thought that after 70 years people would still care about her show and still love it, it just shows how incredible it was and that funny never dies.

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

No, funny died in 1964 when Gracie Allen died. She was the true comic genius of 1950's television. She said utter nonsense to characters on the show and created hilarity by how confused the people she spoke with went insane just by what she said. If you are someone that thinks a pie in the face is hilarious, then keep drawing pictures with your crayons. If you want to see how misguided ideas affect the sanity of others, then you will agree that Lucy was totally lowbrow!

[@axelreboot8475]

They really should have done a 70th anniversary TV/Streaming special for Lucy in October with Her and Desi kid's as the hosts They could have even called We still "Love Lucy 70 years later"

[@ElizaHamilton1780]

@@gustavefrankfurter6462 Snob.

[@Kevintucky]

@@gustavefrankfurter6462 Wow, it almost sounds like you and the person your commenting to can't live in the same world or enjoy different types of comedy. Perhaps you're both right to some degree?

[@larryhatcher8927]

I'm pretty sure she did...I think she knew when they were actually filming it that what they were doing was radically creative and would be remembered. Most artists know their art is important. I'm pretty sure that after Sargent Pepper the Beatles knew their music would last

[@fredaf3700]

The episode where Lucy has to let Ricky know that she was pregnant, has the sweetest ending of the entire series. My personal favorite

[@coolaunt516]

I agree! I have seen it a million times and it still makes me teary eyed.

[@maryshellsmith6627]

Yes it was. It was so beautiful.

[@Anonymous-is3jh]

I feel like she was very beautiful in the 50s she is very entertaining she was definitely in the wrong era lol

[@tinasepulveda1895]

Yes it was. There will never be anyone else like I Lucy

[@tinasepulveda1895]

@@maryshellsmith6627 I have a colored stencil drawing of Lucy and love it

[@dawn_bestofj2]

They also used the wrong apartment set for "Being the Ricardos." I picked up on that right away. They probably did it because the 2nd apartment the Ricardos occupied is more recognizable. Desi Arnaz was a genius when it came to making "I Love Lucy" work with the live studio audience and the 3 camera set up. I don't think he gets enough credit for all he's done for TV (Lucy too as far as Desilu goes).

[@lanaesslinger9687]

Same I noticed that too that they used the wrong apartment

[@yummyyum36719]

Desi kills as a comedian.

[@monderings9652]

This drove me BONKERS throughout the whole movie! I knew that someone else had to have noticed it!

[@chrisbell5753]

Couldn’t agree more.. ahead of his time. True genius!

[@OscarMPG1]

J.K. Simmons as William Farley was PERFECT casting.

[@LvBMusik]

JK Simmons is an incredible actor, and he’s amazing in everything he’s in. I’ve been a die-hard I Love Lucy fan since I was a child, and casting JK Simmons as Bill Frawley is the perfect choice! 👍 I have my reservations about this movie and haven’t seen it yet, but from what I’ve seen of the snippets, Fred is portrayed perfectly!

[@lydiapeterszollner7557]

You mean frawley

[@OscarMPG1]

@@lydiapeterszollner7557 yes I do

[@JohnBonini]

His facial expressions and posture were excellent.

[@lindav.johnson9523]

Frawley

[@ripneighborhoodniprip8303]

“Dont fuck with the Cuban” was my favorite line

[@loromas63]

What Desi and Lucy created was magic. And Desi did not get the recognition he deserved. I'm sure they loved each other but addiction is a horror to live with and Lucy made a healthy move. I love them both equally. Rest in humor Desi and Lucy. Thanks for sharing your talents.

[@groovybabcock6569]

70 years later and its still the most iconic sitcom in history!

[@tinasepulveda1895]

Yes it is

[@tinasepulveda1895]

I watched the prime video of their real life story and what a beautiful team they made.

[@yaassss5531]

Ball was a well-known gay-rights supporter, stating in a 1980 interview with People: "It's perfectly all right with me. Some of the most gifted people I've ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?"

[@deanpd3402]

Thus revealing that for all of the family values she portrayed herself as representing she was as corrupt as the rest of Hollywood. Lucille came as light just as lucifer does.

[@selfishstockton6123]

That’s not really a good argument for it

[@deathmetalrob5563]

It's a sin.

[@breckrichardson390]

Contrary to this video, Vivian Vance never claimed her contract had a weight clause. It was OTHER people who claimed it did. This was just an urban legend that was based on that gag contract that Lucy gave Vivian as a joke. (Vance actually lost weight over the course of the series.) And Vivian appeared with Lucy on that Dinah Shore Show in the '70s and read the contract, to Lucy's delight. It was some pretty funny stuff. And the backstory about the gag contract is that Lucy wrote it as a joke to present to Vivian at a surprise birthday party she threw for her. This is all discussed in detail in the biography of Vivian Vance.

[@yoni5570]

Yup! Thank you

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

Thank you! The only time Lucy ever got nasty to Vivian was when they first met when Lucy thought Ethel should be played by a plainer actress. Vivian told her to go fuck herself and they were best friends for the rest of their lives.

[@hebneh]

I was going to point this out. I’ve seen the clip of them on the talk show discussing how this was a gag. No one could’ve anticipated that this would erroneously be reported later as the truth.

[@mamadouaziza2536]

Who cares? We all know that Viv lived with Lucy during the filming of The Lucy Show and we all know that Lucy gave Viv co-starring billing, a much better wardrobe and equal screen time for The Lucy Show. The ladies had a falling out during season 3 and Viv agreed to come back for guest appearances.. Viv also guest appeared on Here's Lucy and was set to become a series regular in 1973 but illness caused her to not accept the offer..

[@nathanknight6042]

@@xxwhispersxx2856 A woman jealous over another woman for her beauty? Say it ain't so...

[@dfinite1111]

Lucille Ball was such a genius at physical comedy, that it’s nearly impossible for any other actress to try to do anything near what Lucy could do. Comedy acting is such a rare ability, it’s innate. (Or it isn’t. 99.9% of people can’t do it.) I think the criticism of N Kidman not using extreme facial expressions, is not due to Botox & face fillers. I think it’s due to the same reason that Kidman didn’t draw on the fake lip lines with lipstick, as Lucille Ball did, iconically. Kidman didn’t want to look clownish. If she had used the big saucer wide eyes; and some of the large facial reactions that Lucy was such a master of, Kidman would have looked like a ridiculous imposter. And unfunny! Kidman would have probably wound up looking like she was faking and worse, “mugging”. Nicole Kidman is a very bright actor, and self aware of her professional abilities and limitations. She chose a more dignified acting approach.

[@retrocausality6159]

That was an excellent analysis.

[@dfinite1111]

@@retrocausality6159 Why, thank you!

[@FC3692230]

In other words, very good at acting, but severely miscast on this one.

[@dfinite1111]

@@FC3692230 in your words not mine. My point was that there is no one to cast. I can’t think of anyone who could be accurately cast. But thanks for the “mansplaining” attempt.

[@Jewel77777]

But that’s the entire point of portraying a person as an actor. Lucille Ball didn’t care what she looked like when she was acting - she just wanted to make people laugh, which is pretty much the entire plot of Being The Ricardos. That she would neglect her own pride in order to be great. If Nicole Kidman was such a magnificent actress she would’ve displayed the same thing. She wouldn’t have cared about looking “clownish” to fully embody Lucille Ball. Debra Messing would’ve been a more accurate physical casting choice because she looks almost identical to her and isn’t afraid of looking “clownish”.

[@catmom1322]

I remember many of the older films showed married couples in twin beds, including Mary Tyler Moor & Dick Van Dyke. I was young enough that I had no clue about sex, but I only knew married couples to sleep in one bed. That idiotic thing about pregnant women not be able to be on screen will always baffle me.

[@Indomitable_Alykat]

"Being the Ricardos" is definitely one of my favorite movies now. I have seen every episode of "I Love Lucy" multiple times and it will never cease to amaze me how casting managed to bring together such a bright cast of characters with dynamic chemistry. The film was a stunning tribute to the amazing people behind the iconic show

[@heatherr0420]

I have to point out as well, but they are in the wrong apartment. The episode they are filming took place in season 1 when they were still in the apartment with no window in the background. They didn't move to that other apartment until I believe towards the end of season 2.

[@gonavy5607]

Thank you! I called that out in the movie theater when I saw that. People laughed.

[@paulk9985]

I noticed that too. With all the episodes to study, it seems like lack of attention to detail to not use the correct apartments.

[@powder-blue]

@@paulk9985 actually they condensed a few events from different seasons into one week as a compositional choice for the film. We already know this, so NO, it’s not a “lack of attention to detail” sheesh.

[@iambatman89]

Just commented the same thing lol

[@tammiepage6489]

I’m sorry but that’s a tiny thing not everybody’s gonna really realize that maybe older people get it I guess I don’t know I grew up watching I love Lucy but I’ve never pay attention to the tiny details like that and they might not happen able to get the right it set for it or whatever you never know the reason behind it and when you watch a movie made out of somebody’s life they’re not gonna get everything completely factual that’s how it works in Hollywood and it’s not a big deal

[@wilsonsmom411]

I loved the movie and am really glad her daughter Lucie has endorsed it. More, I’m thrilled that generations continue to adore her like her original audience. I was born in 62 so I was a second gen watcher - we have to be at gen 80 by now, lol

[@Nina-rg8es]

I just watched the movie and really enjoyed it, I really liked the actors who played Vivian and Bill

[@lyricsvaultla]

I'm a 23 year old from Perú, and 'I love Lucy' is my favorite sitcom. I discovered it two years ago just before the pandemic. That movie was incredible, it made me cry hahaha.

[@chelseafrederick1418]

I was born in December of 1988 and my mom introduced me to I love Lucy when I was a kid. From there I was a Lucille Ball fanatic! I still love her and I own the whole I Love Lucy series! I also remember watching and tapping on VHS The 50th Anniversary of the I Love Lucy show in 2001 that ran a marathon of the show every night for a week straight. I still have those VHS tapes to this day and I have been collecting things of I Love Lucy for years and her other shows and movis! Being The Ricardos was brilliantly done and well acted by everyone in it! I cried at the end of the movie after seeing it in theaters with my mom. I also got chills every time I saw Nicole Kidman playing Lucille Ball like Lucy was right there with me. I remember as a kid wanting to meet Lucille Ball so bad and I told my mom that I was determined to meet her one day and my mom said that I could not meet her. I argued for a while and then said why not? My mom said because she is dead. I cried so hard when I heard that news and soon after I had a black and white dream in the middle of nowhere and saw Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance right outside of Lucy's Trailer with a star on the door with Lucy on it. They both looked like they did on I Love Lucy. I think that's because of how I remembered them at that time and I went up to Lucille Ball and said my mom and I are such big fans of your show. We watch it all the time. Lucille Ball said well thank you. Would you like an autograph and I said yes I would. She said do you have a pen and I am searching on myself for one and I said no I do not sorry. She said that's ok I will go get one and she went into her trailer. While I was waiting for Lucille Ball to come out, I was standing with Vivian Vance and we kept looking at each other not saying anything. I felt bad because I came to see Lucille Ball and not her. Just as the door of Lucille Ball's trailer was about to open I woke up and never got that autograph. I still to this day believe that Lucille Ball heard my sadness up in Heaven and her angle self came down in my dream just so I could meet her. I will treasure that dream forever in my heart, mind and spirit! I really do love Lucy (Lucille Ball) and always will!

[@bl3343]

A lot of millennials grew up with I Love Lucy thanks to Nick at Night.

[@SirSmoldham]

I grew up with the show and didn't know Lucille Ball was such a badass until I met her when she taught at our film school. Desilu Productions gave us the "Star Trek" "The Untouchables "and "Mission: Impossible" TV shows. Talk about a power couple. And Master Sorkin is a genius wordsmith. His consolidation of events was essential and effective.

[@hp77]

I wanted Debra Messing to play Lucy she looked more like the real Lucy in her last TV show Will N Grace.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

I think a lot of people feel that way. Lucie Arnaz has said that they needed someone to be the real Lucille, not Lucy Ricardo; that was the reasoning behind not asking Messing to star. But honestly I think Debra could have done a fine job, if she had emulated Ball after watching her interviews from the 1950's so she could get the voice and mannerisms right. Comedy actors are usually really deft with drama.

[@BunnySlippers82]

@@eduardo_corrochio ITA. Debra Messing could've learned to play Lucy how she was in real life. As much as I like Nicole Kidman, it was as if she was playing Lucy how she would've been in an alternate reality. Something about it felt off.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@BunnySlippers82 When I first saw footage of Kidman in action as Lucille Ball I wondered if her face had had some prosthetic makeup. I remembered she had worn a fake nose in The Hours. But I think it's all her in this tv movie.

[@vechris2001]

No the daughter didn't want the look alike. Director didn't want a look alike. They wanted someone to capture thr soul of Lucille not Lucy.

[@joepowell7025]

Yes Debra should have been the one to play Lucy, Nicole Kidman was not believable to me.

[@scotnick59]

In 1926, Lucy entered John Murray Anderson's acting school. The star pupil there was 18 year-old Bette Davis. Lucy was 15. (Lucy on Bette: "she was great - even then; so quirky, so original") Anyway, the school wrote Dede Peterson, Lucy's mom who re-married & lived in Jamestown in upstate New York. "Don't spend another nickel on this girl; Lucy is too shy and reticent to put her best foot forward". Years later, I bet that school ate LOTS of humble pie.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Funny that Lucy would eventually star in the color musical movie "Best Foot Forward". :D

[@scotnick59]

@@eduardo_corrochio YES!

[@foxesofautumn]

I feel like the lack of formal training helped her. She wasn't affected. She had to trust her instincts and not her training. It must have helped her feel fresh. Being kicked out of drama school doesn't even feel like a negative to me.

[@trinaq]

It's crazy that they weren't even allowed to SAY that Lucy was pregnant back when the show originally aired, just subtly allude to it, thanks to the Hays Code.

[@molsongrrrl]

And she's pregnant and they sleep in separate beds on the show! I never understood the separate beds thing on old TV shows.

[@miaya.micronis]

@@molsongrrrl I think bc it would allude to seggs or something, but yeah rules for tv were a bit weird back then

[@charliejoson9145]

I'm sorry...but what is the Hays Code?

[@trinaq]

@@charliejoson9145 The Hays Code was basically a set of content restrictions which forbid movies or TV shows from showing risqué or suggestive material, mostly active between 1934-1968.

[@charliedelacruz9091]

first season Lucy and Ricky slept on a bed twin mattresses close together in a single long headboard then season 2 they had Lucy and Ricky in twin beds. look the censors won out here.

[@andreamaria85]

I hope this made it! Always the best was Ricardo saying,”Lucy you have some explaining to do!” Makes me wanna binge watch the show right now!

[@dianetheisen8664]

I have the series on DVD 📀! It's great!

[@TheJackdratt73]

"Lucy, you have some 'splaining to do."

[@miltondelacruz7033]

I threw the movie on just to check it out for a second, but I ended up loving it. I love Lucille Ball, but I was worried about how Aaron Sorkin was going to treat the subject. I ended up completely loving it.

[@michaelmcgowan7099]

I didn't enjoy the movie at all. I thought it completely lacked charm and I didn't like any of the characters. It seemed that the people who worked on the show could hardly stand each other and were only there because of their contracts or the show's success. There was no fun or joy in the production, which seems difficult to believe, even if making the show was a tough job. Sorkin decided to focus on conflict and controversy, while failing to truly explain the creative genius that made I Love Lucy such a hit. I was very disappointed in the film.

[@hp77]

Yeah I believe some things U say. The characters, N the part that they couldn’t Stan each other.

[@joelangford7601]

You are so right. It was painful to watch. Everyone in the movie was angry, resentful, paranoid --- constant conflict and bickering. You got it right - no joy, no charm, no likable characters. Hopefully their lives were not quite that miserable. I've read a lot about these people. They did have their problems, but hopefully they weren't as unhappy as this script would have us believe. Kidman should have left this alone. We all have our own Lucy in our memories. No need for an impersonation like this.

[@Dawnchaser115]

Yeah they had to make it such a drama. It didn’t help that the actors didn’t look or sound much like who they were portraying. To be fair, no one can be Lucy but Lucy, but Kidman turned her into such a moody, brooding character that just didn’t seem right.

[@Jewel77777]

@@Dawnchaser115 I agree their lives were dramatic enough without the focusing on just the communism controversy. It dragged on way too long. Also, Lucille Ball was pretty bold and matter of fact, but she still had some class and it wasn’t always to THAT extreme… That’s what messed the movie up imo.

[@em6346]

to be fair they did choose that incredibly high stakes week to set the movie in, so tension being lresent us a logical result imo.

[@egpmh2891]

I find it sad the movie failed to show how the 3 Stooges and the Marx Brothers helped her get into show business and how Harpo Marx and Zeppo Marx where even her legal representatives pre-first I Love Lucy season. She started out as the 3 Stooges make-up girl and even stared in some of their shorts and Larry Fine told her she was too funny and too good for them and sent her to The Marx Brothers where Groucho and Chico forced her to play as an extra in a few movies until Harpo and Zeppo demanded she got a bigger role in their movies, and she even got to be the main love interests in one of their last movies. During the movie you won't see a lot of the Marx Brothers as they and the 3 Stooges where behind the scenes demanding movie and tv companies sign her to a big deal or they would leave the business. Harpo and Zeppo had both been to law school at one point so yea. Lucy paid it forward on the I Love Lucy show by dying her hair red in respect to Larry Fine and Harpo Marx and even protect her female co-star Vivan Vance (Ethyl) from the guy who played Fred (William Frawley). Frawley was about 20 to 30 years older than Vance and would often call her a "stupid bitch" and Lucy called him on his shit and he stormed off, he had to be begged by Desi Arnez to come back and his reply was "I will do it for you but not that bitch!" Later that night he got a visit from not just Lucy but Moe Howard, Groucho Marx, and Sid Ceasar. The three male comedy legends pinned him to a wall and when he asked what he was going on Moe said, "we heard you were mean to the girls, they are better then you will ever be all you will be is just Fred."

[@dianetheisen8664]

Wow! That is really interesting. While I saw Lucille Ball in one of The Stooges shorts, I had no idea the extent of their relationship. Or the Marx Brorhers either. I love ❤ "I Love Lucy" and The Three Stooges, so I appreciate the information.

[@hshfyugaewfjkKS]

That's an amazing story. I was and still am a huge 3 Stooges fan. I enjoyed the Marx Brothers, too and had no idea there was so much smarts behind them. Good for them for supporting her talent.

[@williemnatzakanian3345]

As someone who watched all the reruns, Lucille Ball was funny and clean. Now that was comedy.

[@foxesofautumn]

I mean, it HAD to be clean but yeah.

[@scottsummers4234]

Debra Messing looks more like Lucille Ball than Nicole Kidman

[@stephjovi]

Agreed. Every scene they show I kept thinking damn she looks like Debra Messing she would've been perfect for the role

[@kathyh4804]

No actress today is totally able to mimic Lucy’s facial expressions. Her face wasn’t Botoxed and lifted so she could make those hilarious faces! Not many actresses today could even do a silent film, as the “speaking” is done with facial expressions which today they lack

[@hamilcross]

@@jjjc0711 nobody asked lmfaooooo

[@hamilcross]

not at all true but you old people just love to hark on the talents of today don’t you lol? if i didn’t know better i’d think you were getting paid to do it 😂😂😂

[@JayJayJackson]

Is that why Nicole Kidman was so wooden? It was a truly awful performance.

[@dfangirl72]

@@JayJayJackson they wanted cate blanchet who looked more like Lucy but she probably thought the script was awful so they got Botox city Nicole Kidman ( Kidman was pushed into doing it from what I've read and heard she knew she couldn't be Lucy .) she's awful and bloated .

[@senhorlampada]

Just watch Will & Grace Season 11 Episode 16. Debra Messing totally nails her Lucy impression

[@A22DNAL]

Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. Loved the soundtrack! I wish I could "relate" to how big a deal this really was. I think that was what was missing for me. Also, I waited after all the hubbub in the news about the casting to officially weigh in, and after seeing this, I think the public was right. Kidman shouldn't have been cast. Not for the reasons others might think but honestly I couldn't tell if she was Lucille Ball or Nicole Kidman. Literally no difference to me.

[@jordoncarnegie1206]

Wow...that's really off. She NAILED her

[@nanook8721]

I don’t want this to sound mean, but I found Kidman’s obvious cosmetic surgery very distracting. She didn’t look like Lucy, and she didn’t even look like Nicole Kidman.

[@jordoncarnegie1206]

@Nan Rod she actually looked alot like her. Especially when she was in the Lucy charecter makeup. Similar stature as well

[@sharonzotoff3975]

Totally agree with you. I couldn't see Lucy with Nicole Kidman standing in the way. They would have been better off casting someone we weren't familiar with.

[@cocolu815]

@@jordoncarnegie1206 Yes, her hand movements and even the way she would turn her whole body around... perfect posture and all.

[@SweptAway529]

Mispronouncing "Vitameatavegamin" is unforgiveable!!

[@dianetheisen8664]

I quite agree!

[@laffey.13]

Exactly!

[@billfreiberger1627]

Yes. Especially when a clip of Lucy pronouncing it correctly is in the video.

[@supremequart8233]

RIGHT???

[@megapedia97]

@@InjuredRobot. Ms. Mojo is *Canadian*. That puts her at a disadvantage.

[@cotaitcirce9]

I wanted to love this, but I just couldn't. It just kind of stopped. But Lucy and Desi worked together a long time after they divorced. Better to rewatch all her shows and enjoy them.

[@Bubzietown]

Nicole Kidman looked too old to play the part. All that plastic surgery still didn’t work and she wasn’t animated enough and her voice didn’t match. Just not a believable Lucy. Now the Ricky actor was spot on.

[@peters10456170]

What the movie glossed over is how Sad Lucille was. Thats something that really stood out to me.

[@GabrielaZapataMusic]

Totally. I haven't seen this movie yet and I'm sure Nicole Kidman did a good job because she's a great actress but I always found Debra Messing so similar to Lucy, both in looks and comedy talent

[@daughterofolaf]

I didn’t feel the movie glossed over it at all. In the film, she seemed unhappy most of the time.

[@peters10456170]

@@daughterofolaf I dont feel it did. It showed her as a hard working woman with a love for comedy and how she and desi worked well together.

[@gypsy3k]

As far as the call to J. Edgar Hoover, Desi actually talks about this happening in his biography “A book”. Not to say he couldn’t of fudged the truth in the book but that could be why they included it in the movie.

[@stevenogle2226]

Wow, didn’t know this thanks for the info

[@gypsy3k]

@@stevenogle2226 :D Highly recommend reading both Desi and Lucy's biographies if you can find them.

[@donaldsimmonsjr]

@@gypsy3k Both their autobiographies are masterpieces. 5 stars each! Although hardcover & paperback versions of Desi's memoir are hard to find.

[@gypsy3k]

@@donaldsimmonsjr Agreed! Sadly Desi's book is out of print I believe. I was fortunate though to catch a copy on sale on Amazon's marketplace for a good price.

[@donaldsimmonsjr]

@@gypsy3k That is true. I'm 25 now, but when I was 9, I rented Desi's memoir from the library. I read it in 3 days! I've also bought 2 copies of Lucy's memoir (One I lost when I was a teenager and the other I still have). Lucy and Desi are my favorite actors & business professionals of all time. Jeff Bezos could never outshine them!

[@lazaromurad322]

I just ended watching it and im no critic im just a fan of cinema since I was a kid like a lotta people and I always knew about Lucille and her show but nothing else and im so glad I could get to meet Lucille through Nicoles performance and this film, this is a total gem! it felt like a roller coaster I got happy and sad and everything in between the performances were great and the ending is beautiful, LOVED the film

[@highlyfavored12]

I've read that the Italian lady stomping the grapes, didn't understand English and as a result was actually really fighting Lucy...wow!

[@LifefulLife]

yep! and in some interviews Lucille Ball has said it's her favorite episode because of it.

[@jurssikam]

She did say that, that she thought she was gonna die in that fight.

[@MissMaggiemouse13]

Vitameatavegamin is such a classic line…how can someone mispronounce it?!? Epic failure.

[@Ulalafanboy]

Really wish they got Debra Messing to play Lucy. She did it once and was perfect.

[@deedeetee17]

I agree - she just didn’t do the voice correctly

[@deedeetee17]

They should have casted Mark Ruffalo as Ricky. They are practically twins

[@truediva18]

Didn't she get support from Lucy's daughter as well?

[@shayg9126]

Yes I wish too, however I'm very impressed by Nicole Kidman 👏

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

She played a great Lucy RICARDO. She was never even considered for Lucille Ball.

[@riojimenez842]

Debra Messing should've played Lucy, and someone like Marc Consuelos as Desi.

[@Ely-jx5iy]

You are so right! I couldn't watch with the two they chose.

[@covfefe_drumpfh]

Actually, William Levy or Carlos Ponce. They have natural Caribbean accents: William is from Cuba and Carlos is part Cuban and part Puerto Rican. They have the accent needed to naturally sound like Desiderio.

[@foxesofautumn]

Lucille Ball is one of the greatest entertainers of all time, and an amazing person. I am glad she is still being spotlighted. As a kid I loved her shows, even though they were decades old, they felt fresh and funny. I also have to thank her for Star Trek. The fact she always had so many loyal friends tells you all you need to know about her. A legend.

[@ProfessorKenneth]

I love Lucy....one of the funniest shows from the 50s. Her and the honeymooners 👍🏻💯

[@ASMRandrealubana]

Debra Messing would have been a perfect Lucy! The face, the comic timing. Isn't it odd that Nicole Kidman was also in Bewitched? She doesn't do these period pieces well

[@DeliciouslyFierceMedia]

I agree, plus not to be disrespectful to Nicole Kidman, but she appeared to be older than Lucy was during this time & she doesn't quite capture Lucy's comedic facial expressions due to her botox look

[@melissacallia4230]

Lucy’s daughter said Nicole got it right

[@ASMRandrealubana]

@@melissacallia4230 well doing a good job on the role is not the same as being best for the part

[@sisterspooky]

@@melissacallia4230 - Said she did _what_ right? Because the faux forehead they added onto Kidman was decidedly NOT a good choice. They’d have been better off doing post production touch ups on the wrinkles and creases - that prosthetic didn’t do her any favors.

[@melissacallia4230]

@@sisterspooky look it up. I'm not here to argue in a KZbin comment section 😆

[@juliusmaloney]

To be fair to the movie, Arnez’ drinking didn’t become an issue until long after the series was finished when Ricky was running Desilu. Lucy bought him out of the company as his drinking had become so bad.

[@TheEyeSeesAll]

Still the show I have watched most in life. This show will never die!

[@beckyhp7776]

Nicole looked liked a wax mannequin.

[@LBF522]

I can understand Vivian Vance's feelings. She was right. It was bad casting to have a man who looks old enough to be her father cast as her husband. A Fred and Ethel spinoff would not have been a great idea and I don't see lasting more than a couple of episodes.

[@dianetheisen8664]

I agree

[@bittersweet2253]

She didn't have to take it out on Frawley, if she was so upset about it why take the part...

[@jaimereyes6943]

lucille ball wanted an older couple to be the mertz' until desi saw viv and immediately hired her. i read somewhere that lucy was hesitant to have her play ethel but it turned out to be a good thing since they all had good chemistry together (it was just bad communication honestly but i think it was worth it in the end)

[@foxesofautumn]

Even as a child I thought it was odd he was so much older than her but I mean couples like that exist, and even more so at that time, so it wasn't out of the realm of possibility. I do wonder why she agreed to do it if it bothered her so much but maybe everything else about the role was too good to pass up?

[@dianetheisen8664]

@@foxesofautumn I wondered that myself. I think I had heard that Lucy talked her into it. But I could be wrong about that.

[@Dar5674]

I loved this movie, but did it bother anyone else that the Fred and Ethel Fight episode was filmed in the wrong apartment?

[@tmichele9120]

Nicole Kidman’s face looks like a mannequin. She can open her mouth and that’s about it. Lucille was known for her comical expressions.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

That is precisely why Debra Messing should have played Lucille Ball in this movie.

[@tionak]

Yea that’s the main thing keeping me from watching. I loved the show when I was younger so I don’t know if I can get into it.

[@helenholt1161]

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Messing doesn’t have the skill to pull it off.

[@nanook8721]

I loved Debra Messing on the original will and grace. Lately she has become a Hollywood loudmouth and I don’t need to watch her anymore. To me Kidman‘s cosmetic surgery was very distracting… She didn’t look like Lucy, and she didn’t even look like Nicole Kidman anymore.

[@helenholt1161]

@@nanook8721 I normally love Kidman but not in this. I wasn’t looking for her to look like Lucille Ball but have her essence. She just didn’t here.

[@THEBANDIT7979]

Dezi looked like a young Johnny depp when he was younger.

[@karenhilliard5673]

Everything was good about the movie, but I still think Debra Messing would have been the better choice to portray Lucy.

[@iambatman89]

Anyone else notice that they used the wrong set for the episode featured in the movie? It should’ve been the set without the window.

[@Letsreallybefrank]

The contact that said Vivian Vance had to gain 10 pounds was a joke from Lucy they talked about it on the Dina shore show.

[@JSB1882]

I think it's amazing that Nicole Kidman had her voice down so well. I think you can overlook the fictional stuff which were realities just out of sequence in their lives. What these two created together was incredible - there was no other production company comparable to Desilu.

[@elizabethbrink476]

Agree on the voice! Gave me chills.

[@ArielFajardoLLC]

Well the voice she used for the movie was when Lucy was older which was much deeper but during I Loe Lucy her voice wasn’t deep at all

[@deepalmer3960]

Nope. She sounded like Nicole Kidman. I don’t think she sounded anything like Lucy.

[@bassman108]

Debra Messing would have been so much better for this roll. I thought Kidman was weak at best.

[@csxanatos653]

@@bassman108 lol, so disagree. Kidman towers over Messing in talent. Even Lucy's daughter said no to Messing. Messing did an imitation of Lucy Ricardo doing a skit. This movie is about Lucille Ball, not Lucy Ricardo

[@lillielangtry6907]

I thought the entire movie was mis-cast. Kidman is way too botoxed to pull off Ball who's facial expressions were everything

[@nanook8721]

Totally agree… She didn’t even look like Nicole Kidman! Very distracting

[@staceypants5084]

she nailed Lucy's voice but that's it.....

[@lotstodo]

I loved the Long Trailer, not sure if that's the title, where she and Ricky take a motor home honeymoon.

[@TheJackdratt73]

The Long, Long Trailer. Listen carefully and you will hear Lucy accidentally call Desi 'Ricky' instead of 'Nicky'.

[@cmtt6525]

Nicole Kidman doesn’t cut it for me…..

[@joelangford7601]

There is no bigger I Love Lucy fan than me, but Being With The Ricardos is an unpleasant movie. It is mostly sniping and bickering. Of course most people are aware that their real life marriage had problems. This version of Lucille Ball is a harsh, angry person who takes out her misery on others. As I read somewhere, this movie is enough to make you hate Lucy, not love her. Everyone in the movie comes across as miserable. No one is very likable, with the possible exception of Desi. There were no light moments, no joy in this film. Who knows? Maybe that's the way it really was. But Sorkin made it very heavy. Contrary to many reviews, I didn't think Nicole Kidman got Lucy very well. Bardem did pretty well with Desi's accent. I never think it pays to play someone who is so alive and recent in our memory. I was sorry I even watched this film. I will stick with the the wonderful, timeless hilarity of the TV series.

[@JayJayJackson]

I felt the same way. I regretted watching it. I usually love Aaron Sorkin’s projects but this was so wrong on every level. Nicole Kidman was a terrible choice as Lucy. Her wooden acting and stiff movements took me out of the story by being so glaringly un-Lucy-like.

[@spikesgirl9371]

I thought Desi looked way too old.

[@BerserkerSloth]

I’m a huge I Love Lucy fan but I loved it and thought Nicole Kidman did a tremendous job. I didnt view the movie from what I felt like a non fan would think but rather from my own perspective and that’s why I loved it.

[@sueprice3315]

There were no light moments because of all the dramatic stuff going on that "week", which as Mojo tells us, is fiction that they all happened the same week. Sorkin made a decision to overload the film with all that misery. The part I found completely unrealistic was that after Desi tells the audience about how Lucy was cleared of being a Communist and they go backstage to do the show, THAT is when Lucy confronts Desi with proof of his infidelity and he confesses. Right before they are about to go out and do the show? I didn't buy it. And as Mojo tells us, the article about Desi's infidelities didn't come out until years later.

[@paulweston8408]

If we ever make a Mt. Rushmore of TV stars, I don't know who gets heads 2 3 & 4, but head #1 belongs to Lucy!

[@thelearnedlion5909]

I've been a fan of Lucille Ball and I LOVE LUCY since I could walk and have read almost every book and article about the show, so I was irritated somewhat with the liberties taken in BEING THE RICARDOS with timelines and throwing major events affecting the Arnaz's lives and the show itself into one specific week. This was a tool I suppose to inform viewers unfamiliar with Lucille and Desi's lives and the show's history about those events. It actually misinformed viewers regarding historical dates. I'm not going to be specific about the correct timelines because I hate spoilers, but I will gripe about lazy, misinformed writing: a character in BEING THE RICARDOS referred to the upcoming Friday night live-audience performance as a "taping". That term wouldn't have been in that character's lexicon in the 1950s because not only was I LOVE LUCY recorded on 35mm film -- the first sitcom to be filmed in front of a live audience in a sound studio for that matter -- but videotape was in its clunky infancy then and rarely used. The first United States sitcom to be videotaped was ALL IN THE FAMILY in 1971. Words do matter when communicating information in any medium, be it a biopic or a recipe in a cookbook.

[@csxanatos653]

Really? That's your gripe?

[@em6346]

its not a documentary

[@csxanatos653]

@@em6346 exactly.

[@cdecard]

I don't know why, but it drove me nuts that they used the wrong apartment for the episode. Fred And Ethel Fight was from season 1 and they didn't move into the new apartment until season 2 episode 26. Either way movie was pretty good but that one part kinda bothered me because I've seen this episode so many times it just didn't quite fit.

[@otakubancho6655]

My absolute favorite episode was her with Harpo Marx.😆😆😆

[@dalehoward3704]

They show that episode today in Chicago 🥰

[@dianetheisen8664]

There were so many great episodes!

[@otakubancho6655]

@@dianetheisen8664 agreed,but that episode sticks out to me more.

[@dianetheisen8664]

@@otakubancho6655 I get it. And it was great.

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

@@dianetheisen8664 Yes. Every time you think you have nailed the one greatest episode, you think of another one that's equally great. They were not all great. However, none of them were cruddy either. That's what has sustained the show for, eek! seven decades. You don't get a string of successive mediocre episodes. It's hard even to pan the hour-long specials set in Connecticut with famous guest stars in each one. The scenes with Lucy and Tallulah were tremendous, and this when the series and the marriage were supposedly in shambles.

[@i9avici7a5]

Great review! The show skipped around a lot and it wasn’t until half way did a I realize they were really bending time with the plot. Overall it made sense but definitely tricky considering they were talking about being pregnant, Lucy doing radio, among other things. Would recommend it!

[@stevenogle2226]

This movie looks really good can’t wait to see it tomorrow.

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Aaron Sorkin is a phenomenal screenwriter (and director) Everyone should see The Social Network & The Trial of the Chicago 7

[@dottiewofford8314]

And Newsroom and, of course, the first four seasons of The West Wing!

[@delrey874]

Basically, I like Sorkin's scripts and movies, but Being the Ricardos was garbage.

[@TrentoSan]

I agree they should have put the original dialogue of Desi’s about “The only thing red about her is her hair, and even that isn’t legitimate.” But according to Lucie Arnaz, she said that Desi DID get J Edgar on the phone to clear her. She says It in the documentary Lucy and Desi on Amazon

[@thehound1359]

I remember staying up past my bedtime to watch I Love Lucy on Nick at night.

[@dmnemaine]

Another thing they got wrong was that Lucille Ball was not the second lead in the film version of "Too Many Girls". She played the lead opposite Richard Carlson. Desi Arnaz was one of the many "second" leads in this film.

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

Jess Oppenheimer also had a great working relationship with Lucy. She fought for him to be the showrunner of I Love Lucy after he did such good work on My Favorite Husband. The movie portrays them as being very adversarial, which was complete nonsense.

[@denniscoxson6363]

No one can match Lucy's physical comedy not man or woman.. and surely kidman didn't have the comedy nor Lucy's stern personality..just my opinion

[@charlesgriswold13]

A lot of the mistakes are of timeline continuity. Aarron Sorkin does not have fact checkers reading his dramas...go figure . Heard Nichole Kidman got some grief from critics who thought she was humorless in her protrayal. I think she did a great job, and Lucy fans would find anyone playing the role wanting. Nichole's delivery on the few jokes Aaron Sorkin wrote for her character was decent. The whole story is that this is a serious time in Lucy's life, so maybe fewer jokes works for the piece?

[@jaisenmahne2832]

I completely enjoyed the "Being the Ricardos" and have always been a fan of Lucy. She was one, if not, the best comedienne of all time.

[@calvinsweet3400]

"You can't tell people the truth, they think you're lying. You have to lie to make them think you're telling the truth." Spot on! Especially today's political class.

[@LayAnn]

I loved the Being the Ricardos movie. Yes, maybe not everything eas time correctly or put in correctly, but it would be an awfully long and confusing movie if you put it in real time. So I understand the liberties taken. But the author did do a great job of filling things in and making everything make sense in a nice little package. And I still love Lucy, and actually, my 1 dog is named after Lucy and she sure lives up to her name. Lol.

[@em6346]

EXACTLY! i loved how it wasnt a typical biopic in that they limited themselves to a specufic time frame, aka that particular week and didnt try to fit two ppls whole lives into a 2h movie but rather used the time span as a framework to mirror larger dynamics and conflicts

[@markgraham2312]

A very fair-handed review, but ... Lucy and Desi were not an inter-racial couple. You need to brush up on your definition. Also, Lucy may have been the Queen of B-movies, but she was considered for the lead in "Gone With The Wind." Finally "Being the Ricardos" implies that "I Love Lucy" had a rotating director and suggested that Donald Glass was the director during the week the spans the movie. No such Donald Glass exists or ever existed. The director of the episode in production was Marc Daniels who directed the first 38 episodes of "I Love Lucy." Lucille Ball was so pleased with his directing that he directed 14 episodes of the original "Star Trek" series, which was produced by Desilu. All of the "Star Trek" episodes he directed are classics.

[@billgreen1861]

Now, here is a question; If Lucie Arnaz, was an executive producer or consultant to this picture, why the inconsistentcy? Wouldn't she Have noticed them? So maybe it's not the script recall of events but, Editing mistakes. Well I think it's still on time to be fix and they should because the "fans" remember better. To edit "period pieces" you should get people who knows the stories / characters and or lived in that period don't get a twenty year old person that perhaps never heard of who they are editing about. Fans will always remember and that will make or break the picture. Just saying!

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

She probably understands that there's dramatic license and didn't lose her mind since it wasn't like OTT.

[@bbrad628]

Being the Ricardo’s was a fragmented mess.

[@margiem5173]

Being a HUGE “I Love Lucy” fan I was VERY Disappointed with this movie. I strongly believe Lucy and Desi are turning in their graves at the depictions Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem made. They both could not pronounce the words as Lucy and Desi could. I mean if you’re getting paid that much money don’t you think they’d try harder to actually Sound like them!!?? I cringed every time Nicole tried to sound like her, sounded like nails on a chalkboard and those of you who understand this know what I mean. I had to force myself to watch it and had to stop half way through because o just couldn’t take watching and hearing them. It took me 4 days to continue watching it. At the end I felt it was a disgrace to the Real Lucy and Desi, and to know Lucie and Desi Jr approved this???!!! Ugh I can’t believe it…. Such a shame….

[@raqyrider808]

Its not a shame.why d movie is all about d real life of lucille and desi as husband n wife and not d comedy sitcom.focus on their story not on something else.

[@Pr3ttygurl949]

I agree. It was a terrible movie

[@FemmeFatalee]

Well no one knew her better than her daughter who was behind the whole casting lol

[@Jewel77777]

@@FemmeFatalee Okay but she was a child during the filming of I Love Lucy specifically so exactly how much can she really recall?? They should’ve gotten people who were older who are still alive to recall certain things imo.

[@FemmeFatalee]

@@Jewel77777 she's still HER blood tho.. that's like saying I have more knowledge of your parents cos I'm a fan of them rather than you their own daughter...If you watch interviews Lucie talks about alot of the stuff she remembers about both of her parents ...tbh the plot should've revolved more around their troubled marriage rather than her being registered as a communist...that would appeal more to their fans

[@beckybarrow7993]

I didn’t care for Kidman, and her hair was atrocious. Women in those days did not wear their hair long and messy.

[@davidurban6813]

Never saw the movie 🎥 but remember alot of the scenes you included. Never heard of Lucille Ball being communist. I heard it destroyed alot of other people's careers. Just thankfully it never touched Lucy's. career. I know about William Frawley and Vivian.Vance never being able to get along. Thanks for posting it. Have a great weekend everyone

[@tcmusic6429]

The movie is new. Proper verbiage would be “I have yet to see the movie.” “Never saw the movie” suggests that the movie has been around for a while.

[@turdferguson2839]

Lol "she was basically a liberal democrat" a liberal in the 1950's is a conservative by today's standards.

[@conscientiousobserver8772]

AAAHHH!!! Less than a minute in and, as a lover of the I Love Lucy show, I'm triggered. It's not "Veeta-Mita-Vegamin", it's Viiiita-Mita-Vegamin. Ok, I'll calm down now.

[@cuidatrava1]

One glaring historical inaccuracy that few reviews seem to be picking up on is the whole "Bolshevik" business in Cuba. The movie makes repeated reference to Desi having experienced suffering at the hands of communists, but his family fled Cuba due to the 1933 Cuban Revolution (two decades before the communist one) which was led by the very person (Batista) who was later deposed by Castro. I enjoyed the movie, but that drove me crazy!

[@davidalvarez7965]

Batista was a socialist who flirted with the Soviet Union and placed members of the Communist Party of Cuba within his administration. The Bolksheviks founded the Communist Party of Cuba (Castro's eventual and current leading party) in 1929 & many of its former members were in both Batista and Castro's administration, most notable Carlos Rafael Rodríguez & Blas Roca Calderio. Desi's family was directly affected by Batista's revolution of 1933 because his father was involved in Stgo de Cuba's government. Where are the inaccuracies?

[@tonynegron1927]

🤔 Fred did not fall from the piano bench when he & Ethel were sitting next to each other. Fred nudged her very hard off with his arm on that original tv episode. And another thing... They got the living room wrong. No window in that particular F.& E. season 1 fighting episode. Widow is from season 2 or 3, l believe. Right?'

[@dianetheisen8664]

👍

[@teaeyedoubleguhur]

They switched apartments after Little Ricky was born. Some neighbors, on another floor, IIRC, were depressed that their apartment seemed so empty after their daughter married. The Ricados needed a bigger place, what with all the baby's things so they switched apartments.

[@Heather-zk5eu]

I really thought this movie was dreadful - i so looked forward to it. The actors who played Ethel and Fred were good.

[@Zamarae]

I felt the same way about Ethel and Fred were good! But as for the movie, I didn’t like the first few minutes and how they introduced Desi and Lucy- in a fight? Also staring with the communist thing…Like is that what the movie is about? I haven’t wanted to continue watching but will fast forward to the “I Love Lucy” parts

[@dfangirl72]

it seems like they retreading a lot of stuff we had seen before .I agree the girl playing Ethel would've been a better Lucy .

[@tionak]

Does Nicole have an agreement for old tv show remakes? First Bewitched now Lucy. I guess I Dream of Jeannie is coming soon.

[@kaydub445]

I was impressed! Nicole Kidman was very good. Entire cast did a wonderful job. I enjoyed the film more than I thought.

[@AMSOLIS1106]

Totally unimpressed with Kidman as Lucy..A complete miscast for both Lucy and Ricky.

[@peaceandlove544]

The film did not capture the love, devotion, musicality, chemistry, charisma magic they both had, the 4 had, the show had and their comedic talent and his business talent as a studio mogul. The main actors looked old and unapilling and untalented. Had to vinge watch I love Lucy to recuperate.

[@JB-tt6ct]

The realpeople were old I guess by your standards as Lucille started the show at 44. So maybe you were duped by the 70y old camera quality shift.

[@Jewel77777]

@@JB-tt6ct Actually she was 39 when she started and Nicole Kidman is 52… however, the age difference was the least concerning thing about the portrayal of the two imo.

[@nosferatussister4903]

I loved this show so much as a kid (still do) one of the reasons being that it was pretty much the only depiction of a white woman and a Latino as a couple - just like my own mom and dad. Thanks for winning that fight Lucy, it means a lot to me.

[@jamesrivera4947]

Desi Arnaz, a Cuban-American, was a descendant of white, Spanish Europeans. He does not qualify as a racial minority.

[@sueprice3315]

@@jamesrivera4947 still doesn't change the fact that the producers didn't want Desi to be Lucy's onscreen husband because they thought audiences would not accept white Lucy with a Latino husband (whatever you want to say about his background, that's how audiences saw him.) And doesn't change the fact that Lucy persevered, and it made a difference to the OP that Lucy did, to be able to see a couple who looked like her parents on TV.

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

In one of my TV classes in college, we discussed I Love Lucy and watched an episode Happy to say it was the Vitameatavegamin episode

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

I LOVE how the title is "Top 10 things "Being the Ricardos" got factually right and wrong".. and yet, right out of the chute, the narrator could not pronounce "VITAmeatavegemin" correctly, LOL

[@thecentralscrutinizer1944]

Wife and I just finished watching. I am not a fan of Nicole Kidman AT ALL and I dont feel as tho She did the role any justice.

[@peterdavis2233]

Another mistake I noticed, in an otherwise excellent production, was when Jess Oppenheimer referred to himself as the series' "showrunner." The term "showrunner" did not exist until 1992.

[@darozzi9652]

I really disliked it. I thought it was boring. As a long time Lucy and Desi fan, I felt the two main actors were miscast.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

What about him beating her up-which was used in plenty of episodes? She got sunburned so that he wouldn’t hit her.

[@Laceykat66]

It should be noted that "everyone" came to Lucy's defense because she was a cash cow in the still-young industry of Television. Like today's "Cancel Culture," you are protected only by the bottom line you bring to your employer. Joan Davis would not have received such support.

[@RosyM-w2e]

I think it's a case by case kinda thing: CNN sent Chris packing even knowing he was also a "cash cow" as you mentioned .... on the other hand, Tucker at Fox has done and said everything except sacrificing a new born on live tv ... still, he remains for the same reasons you mentioned.

[@cocolu815]

@@RosyM-w2e Not to mention the texting trio... Hannity, Ingraham and Kilmeade from Fox.. Anybody else who would have pulled a stunt like that.. text one thing and then lie to their audience would have been fired on the spot.

[@ddbjg]

Debra Messing was great as lucy ball in will and grace

[@ShamariCarter]

For Comedy yes but this was about Lucy not her character I love Lucy

[@ddbjg]

thanks i want to see that movie with Nicole

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

She played Lucy Ricardo on Will and Grace, not Lucille Ball.

[@MrEab2010]

people (especially tv execs) were so racist, ignorant and repressed in the 1950s. Makes the changes that have happened since even more dramatic.

[@victorialake9474]

This movie was depressing and bitter. Lucy seemed like a obsessive, bitter, back-stabbing woman. She treated everyone around her like the help. Her and Vivian Vance were supposed to have been friends. Some friend. She was cruel and jealous of her. The man that played Desi Arnaz did a good job but he wasn’t as handsome as Desi. He wasn’t ugly but Desi was gorgeous and the man looked older than Desi. Lucy being like this could be true because a lot of comedians are really depressed. She may have been hard to work with. Maybe the movie is showing the real side of things. Hollywood tells lies of harmony when it spreads chaos.

[@adrienneherbert9170]

Another thing the movie got wrong is the episodes they shoot (in the movie) take place in Sorkin's version of their apartment, which they didn't move into until season two, yet the episodes take place in season 1.

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

And yet, the communism scare thing didn't happen until season 3 and she didn't become pregnant with Desi Jr until season 2.

[@JustTanya.]

Obviously the "wrong" picks are more along the timeline for the show and the J. Edgar Hoover call. While that's true I think this movie is more about Lucy and Desi. I think the reason why these are "right" had a lot to do with the fact that Lucie and Desi Jr. were consultants for this movie. Lucie said that she and Desi Jr. thought that this movie did a good job on the reflection of their parents that she thought cast and especially Nicole and Javier did a wonderful job representating Lucy and Desi. This movie may have try to condense the events into a week but it's a movie, they do that often.

[@mermaidtingzzz]

Yes! The movie is definitely about their relationship with the backdrop being the chaos of show their celebrity. I really loved every scene on that took place during the rehearsals and watching her breakdown the table scene until she got watch she REALLY wanted.

[@JustTanya.]

@@mermaidtingzzz Lucille Ball was an incredible and savvy business woman. Desi credited her for her talent and intelligence many times. Had Lucille Ball not have excellent instincts in business, this world may not have some of the biggest franchises in entertainment history. Specifically, Star Trek and Mission Impossible. Those shows were rejected by large studios many times but they ended up bringing them to Desilu and Lucille Ball just had a feeling about them, especially Star Trek, and she signed them to the studios. And like they say, the rest is history. 😎👍

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

@@mermaidtingzzz Except that never happened.

[@georgewagner2352]

Watch the movie "Lucy" from 2003 with Rachel York and Danny Pino. They were much better as Lucy and Ricky.

[@melissamissingchriscornell2513]

I ❤ Lucy is childhood nostalgia. This was my Nana's FAVORITE TV show & old episodes still ran on cable when I was a kid & I enjoyed many fun weekends at Nana's watching Lucy. Nice to see brought back & honored. Javier did a way better & believable Ricky than Nicole Lucy in my opinion

[@normankelley]

"This was long before interracial couples appeared on screen"? Arnaz was Cuban but white.

[@dottiewofford8314]

I don't think 50s folks would have seen it that way. I was born in the 50s & half Mexican. But due to the way that stuff was viewed at that time, my mother chose to keep that rich part of my heritage away from me. (I learned when I was fifty & my mom long passed.)

[@covfefe_drumpfh]

It’s the same with me as a Puerto Rican. My husband is Anglo-Saxon but we don’t count as “interracial”, especially since the group that matters (the government) recognizes me as “white” as well. If I get a ticket or the time I spent 18 hours in country jail, I was charged and processed as a white woman.

[@dottiewofford8314]

@@covfefe_drumpfh Since I didn't learn of my heritage until I was much older, I felt so cheated. I finally got close to my biological father before he died &, despite being raised white in a German/Irish family, I decided that I want to identify as a Latina. The man who raised me is/was/and will always be my daddy and my hero. He looked at this innocent baby and made me his own...because I was. Yet I will always have a large part of my heart reserved for the man who gave me life. I am blessed that I had these two amazing men in my life. My sister was not happy that I was proud of my heritage, however. But, well, I guess that is her problem...not mine! Peace to you!!!

[@amaniaman7818]

Viv read the contract outloud in front of Lucy, which stated the 10 lbs request. I forget the talk show but I do remember it