Thursday, August 27, 2015

SITCOM NAIVETE

Due both to the relative novelty of TV sitcoms in 1951 and the fact that Lucille Ball was married in real life to Desi Arnaz, many early viewers of I Love Lucy thought that the show was a reality series where a camera crew followed Lucy around and filmed her real-life adventures of stomping grapes, working in a chocolate candy factory, turning her apartment into an armed fort to defend against suspicious-behaving neighbors, etc.

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