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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Kramden... Character who is abusive or lovable dude trying to just survive? [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)82. Their control over "I Love Lucy" was absolute.
It was their baby, just as you say.
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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