Interspersed are flashbacks to key past moments for Lucille and Desi, from them meeting on the 1940 musical “Too Many Girls” to how she fought for her musical husband to be her TV spouse.
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“Ricardos” excels when reveling in the everyday behind-the-scenes TV chaos that Sorkin also mined with his series “Sports Night” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” Everybody has a different role to play as the bedlam piles on, and the filmmaker tosses in tons of wit and ratchets up the tension all the way to a satisfying and moving finale that takes place on show night. Holiday movies: 16 films that don't revolve around a white man and woman falling in love Simmons), who play the Ricardos’ landlords and friends Ethel and Fred Mertz on the sitcom. And writers Madelyn (Alia Shawkat) and Bob (Jake Lacy) constantly needle each other, though it’s nothing compared to the vicious vitriol slung back and forth between actors Vivian Vance (Nina Arianda) and William Frawley ( J.K.
Lucille wants to punch that week’s director (Christopher Denham). Once they get to set, they’re surrounded by more drama.Ĭonstantly stressed executive producer/head writer Jess Oppenheimer (Tony Hale) butts heads with Desi, a smart businessman who pretty much runs the place. Even before they show up for the Monday morning table read for a new episode featuring flighty redhead Lucy and her Cuban bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, things are awry for the power couple: A gossip columnist publicly implies that Lucille is a Communist (at a time when just the mere whiff of that label threatened entire careers), and Desi’s rumored philandering has hit the front page of a major tabloid.
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