Movie biography of lucille ball
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‘Lucy and Desi’ Review: Amy Poehler’s Documentary Captures the Complex Love Story of Being Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
It’s always a kick to encounter a documentary about a subject after you’ve seen the deluxe scripted and acted Hollywood version. “Lucy and Desi,” Amy Poehler’s film about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz — their love, their showbiz partnership, their revolutionary influence on the creative landscape of television, their meshing and clashing spirits — is a nimble and fascinating documentary. But I suspect I’ll be far from alone in experiencing it through the lens of Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos,” especially given the awards heat that was shined on that film this week. “Lucy and Desi” gives you the real story, so it’s only natural that you want to compare notes.
What did “Being the Ricardos” get right and wrong? Given that Sorkin’s film c
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Lucille Ball
American actress (1911–1989)
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas.[1] She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five,[2] and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[3][4] She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Crystal Award,[5] an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honor,[6] and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She later appeared i
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This biopic of Lucille Ball covers 35 years of the comedienne’s life, from her time as a free-spirited teenager through to the gods Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour in 1960. In the interim, Lucy tries acting classes and modelling, becomes a Goldwyn Girl, appears in a string of movies and falls in love with Desi Arnaz. Yet like its title character, this biopic doesn’t really hit its stride until her TV career starts.
When she’s in front of a television camera, audience or spegel, Rachel York is a riot. When she’s not performing Lucy’s comedy shtick however, York is hamstrung by an underdone script that deals with the rest of the story in a mostly ytlig manner. Early financial hardship; death of close friend Carole Lombard; Communist witch-hunts are all events endured without any dramatic effect, apart from causing an oft–remarked but little elaborated sense of doom.
The same applies to Lucy’s troubled relationship with