Lucy and Desi (2022)
7/10
Films topic is nearly irresistible; a pretty good film that lacks focus/substance
4 March 2022
Lucy and Desi had a beautiful relationship and amazing life stories. And then in 5 year window they created and starred in one of the top five sitcoms in American history. I thought that the film lacked a couple key things but overall told the story well and was quite entertaining. First off, the decision to have Carol Burnett as a contributor was very thoughtful and prescient. Lucy and Carol Burnett are the top 2 women of physical comedy. And both of them or in the conversation for Best Physical comedians of all time, woman or man. Unfortunately you have two other apx 40 yr old contributors from some obscure comedy Museum whose credentials are from Academia. I'm not sure why they were chosen or there opinions were selected to be part of the film. It's obvious these two women have been in an academic setting for 50%+ of their lives. They perceive life (likely subconscious and unaware of major flaw in POV) in a way that frames everything and every person as either a victim or oppressor AND irresponsibly assume that because you; or a woman and live in a certain time you experienced misogynistic daily and existed in a social environment hostile to women. Two quick examples. One of these low IQ contributors stated...and this was back in the 50s. Can you believe how much mansplaining Lucy had to tolerate. She made the statement without any evidence. The other contributor stated that in Hollywood in the 50s and 60s women were pitted against each other and female tv / movie stars we're not friendly with each other and rarely had wolves like Ethel and Lucy and the I Love Lucy sitcom. Common sense says that television and movies are 10 and then 25 to 30 years old as an industry and people are just learning the craft and medium and figuring out what works. But no the contributor states the big studios in Hollywood in the 50s and 60s purposely pitted women against each other. Ethel and Lucy were the exception to the rule. And that was only because Lucy was married to the producer. So basically she was saying that Hollywood Studios actively pitted they're female actors against one another and more purposeful and creating and maintaining a hostile workplace environment where female actors we're discouraged from being courteous and friendly to one another. And then a couple minutes later you have either Bette Midler or Carol Burnett contributing and giving their opinion on different subjects on topics all pertaining to Desi and Lucy. To me it seemed disrespectful to those two legends and any other comedy professionals to have those to contribute.
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