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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Kramden... Character who is abusive or lovable dude trying to just survive? [View all]DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)54. I didn't get the feeling he was an abuser.
I understand others may have felt differently.
The one who makes me cringe now is Ricky Ricardo. I Love Lucy is by FAR my favorite show and I've watched each episode so many times I can pretty much quote the dialogue of them all.
Over the years, I've noticed how many episodes showed Lucy cowering against the wall while Ricky read her the riot act about something. She was also always trying to fix the situation so Ricky wouldn't "get mad".
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Ralph Kramden... Character who is abusive or lovable dude trying to just survive? [View all]
diabeticman
Dec 2014
OP
It isn't always what is said, it's how it is said and what it means to the audience
Kalidurga
Dec 2014
#1
Many do not realize that Col. Klink was Jewish... (odd fact, there) and so was Schultz!
MADem
Dec 2014
#52
As the Kommandant of a POW camp, the series never portrays him as committing war crimes.
Coventina
Dec 2014
#61
I never thought for a second that Alice was in any danger. Alice knew he was...
BlueJazz
Dec 2014
#6
Do you know that Ricky Ricardo's accent was in fact Desi trying to have as little accent as possible
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#57
John Wayne regularly spanked his leading ladies on film. The Quiet Man, McClintock, and many more.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2014
#13
Yes, but the context in the old moves of he 50's and the60's were different.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2014
#73
Alice would kick his big ass to the moon faster than any rocket before his hand ever landed.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#14
NEWSFLASH: Domestic abuse was reprehensible in the 1950's. We aren't talking about the 14th century.
WinkyDink
Dec 2014
#32
NEWSFLAS: Domestic abuse is reprehensible in the 2010s. We aren't talking about the 1950s.
Jetboy
Dec 2014
#35
I thought it was a consistently bad show myself - I can see the appeal of Jackie Gleason
el_bryanto
Dec 2014
#33
and a child who never experienced domestic abuse felt in my gut. i was very young. or.... re runs
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#49
She could cut through his BS like a hot knife through butter--and she did. Often.
MADem
Dec 2014
#65
"That was the main interest in the show - how nasty people deal with one another. "
oberliner
Dec 2014
#39
Personal context is everything. My Sicilian relatives were harmless; my Irish father was not. His
WinkyDink
Dec 2014
#30
i had my 17 yr old watch a couple my day movies, thinking they will be funny.
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#68