Lucille Ball

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all! When we think about standards of beauty we think about celebrities and beauty queens. But what does it take to be beautiful like them? In the article U.S. Trends in Feminine Beauty and Overadaptation author Allan Mazur states that “Men place more importance on the physical attractiveness of women.” Because of this the average women today is affected by media to conform their physical beauty to portray the standards of beauty in…

Playing musical instruments, participating in outside hobbies, reading books, competing in board games and playing cards are not the ideal forms of entertainment these days. Television shows are now the new and improved way of everyday life. Some might argue that it is somewhat soothing; a way to escape from reality into an alternate, more appealing world. Television has the ability to be deceptive. What might be considered right or wrong can alter depending on what show is watched. Television…

Dezi Arnaz, who is best known as Ricky Ricardo on the television show, I love Lucy is a native of Cuba. He as an actor, musician, and husband to Lucille Ball. In 1933, the Arnaz family home in Santiago was destroyed. Arnaz and his mother managed to escape to safety, his father, a congressman, was put in prison. Arnaz father was advised by the new chief of state, Fulgencio Batista, that he would be freed if he left the country. Arnaz father moved to Miami. He promises later to send for his family…

The Great Gatsby The roaring twenties were known for an expansive gap between the classes; the upper class invulged themselves with extravagant parties, complete with flappers, banned liquor, and live music, while the lower class had to prioritize their time between work and more work. Those who were considered upper class lived a luxurious, carefree lifestyle and enjoyed these aspects of the time period to the fullest. However, this lifestyle led many to make careless decisions. Throughout F…

During the 1950's, life was centered on the family and domestic duties for women. Women were encouraged to stay at home, raise children, cook, clean, and care for their husbands. However, some women challenged traditional values and stayed in the workforce. Many women in the 1950's suffered with pain, sorrow, and difficulties that didn't allow them to prosper or reach their academic goal and success. Although, some women worked outside of the house, they were usually paid less than men for…

Once across the green bridge that crossed the Piscataqua River to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lelia wanted to stop for a spell. “Gee, I’m thirsty, are you? Want to take a break, maybe step out of the car and stretch our legs?” The 1946, well-used Woody needed gas, and it was always prudent to check the water in the radiator, so Owen agreed and pulled in at a filling station where he’d also spotted the familiar bulky, red soda cooler with the bright white letters. When Owen jumped out of the…

Defined as “the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors,” by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, oligopoly has been the driving force of the American Motion Picture Industry since as early as the 1920s. Dominating the industry was the “Big Five”: Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox (Fox), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Warner Bros, and Radio Keith Orpheum (R.K.O. Pictures). Together with the “Little Three”:…

Gender-Based Humor in American Sitcoms When Gershon Legman first made the claim that women were the “last oppressed group” to demand equality for their inferior gender, he did so without the hindsight of decades of success of female comedians from Lucille Ball and Mary Tyler Moore to Tina Fey and Amy Schumer (1968). As he wrote in his dirty joke handbook, female genitalia and all the constructs of gender were holding us back: “Women are still frozen at the paltry assimilationist stage of hating…

like the Advice books and magazine articles like “Don’t Be Afraid to Marry Young,” “Cooking To Me Is Poetry,” “Femininity Begins At Home” for example urged women to leave the workforce and embrace their roles as wives and mothers. Then there's Lucille Ball, in I Love Lucy, inevitably met with disaster whenever she pursued job opportunities or interests that took her outside of the household. This made it seem like women were incapable of living a life outside of the household. It made many…

picture, Woman began appearing on TV as well. Woman still appeared a certain way. Now they appeared the way they were 'expected to be '. A perfect example of this is one of the commonly known hit-sitcom I Love Lucy. The show included a woman named Lucille Ball in a leading role. Female roles typically consisted of women as mothers, merrily doing their domestic responsibilities, and taking care of the children. I Love Lucy did just that as well. TV depicted women as housewives, and never the one…