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A 3 page essay on the development of love relationships within the American family as shown on TV sitcoms. Bibliography not included.
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forties and early fifties to present day, television has offered us a mirror of everyday life that, presumably, represented the typical American family. In recent years, it has developed
into a more realistic representation then it offered originally. In the early 1950s, the quintessential TV family was, of course, the Ricardos on "I Love Lucy." This show established a
pattern that is still being used today. One member of the couple, usually the star of the show, is the zany one. The other plays "straight man" to make
a foil for the stars antics and word play. The antics of "Lucy Ricardo" were so absurd as to take on a cartoonish quality. Any arguments with Ricky, her
husband, centered on Lucy trying to get him to let her into his nightclub act. While entertaining, this is certainly not the sort of problem most couples would have. As
to their love life, except for a chaste kiss or embrace now and then, any sexual reference was strictly taboo. Lucy and Ricky slept in separate beds. Lucille Ball who
played "Lucy Ricardo" was actually pregnant with her own child when her famous TV son, "Little Ricky," was born. The TV show managed to get through the entire pregnancy without
once mentioning the word "pregnant" in the script. This changed to some extent in the 1960s, but not as much as one might have expected in that turbulent decade. Despite
the sexual revolution that was taking place elsewhere, television was, for the most part, still a very conservative place. One of the few shows that portrayed a really passionate relationship
between a man and wife was "The Addams Family." "Gomez Addams," portrayed by John Astin, was passionately in love with his wife, "Mortisha." If "Tish" uttered anything in French,
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