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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 329840" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>It's easy to overlook how progressive I LOVE LUCY was for its era.  Sure there are aspects of the series that are extremely dated (Ricky's occasional spanking of Lucy is basically domestic abuse), but the series broke against a lot of the norms of its time.  From having a non-White lead to showing a pregnancy, even if they tap danced around the word,  ILL was unlike any other show of its time.  The entire premise was basically a married woman rebelling against the limitations society/her husband placed on her.   For 1950s TV, that was practically subversive.  Other women on TV were either placidly domestic (June, Donna) or loveless career gals (Ann, Eve).   I don't think even Lucy's closest peers, Gracie and Joan, were as rebellious as she was.</p></blockquote><p></p>