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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 407242" data-attributes="member: 5079">I&#039;ve read a lot of biographies of Lucy -- most of them, probably -- and often the same incidents are recounted from different vantage points or by different people; this often adds context and perspective to recollections.&nbsp; There&#039;s an incident included in many biographies of Jack Benny guesting on HERE&#039;S LUCY; as most versions go, Lucy was awfully rough on Jack, bordering on outright cruelty.&nbsp; These accounts always struck me as odd.&nbsp; Jack was Lucy&#039;s next door neighbor.&nbsp; She respected and adored him.&nbsp; A later book (the excellent &quot;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Book-Complete-Decades-Television/dp/1580630510/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RYT0RXC4UCO0&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Q3p4lpUSA6Ot6nvb0Q8UUMG984Ikc6AK_fh-uFORZcxW2EN0KqNb6N0gg8DpulmIeiWdhT_A_xcc-LgS8c5wdyiprIrr5vSwvh9iwtvBV4rLcAObooTUMfB5A-THuATR1woQsWgHlxHFMR-8lNhnJlT2_fbX8-Lc56bNKqVOSnFuJh0V1Ip_GDQBlXP0q2dwuAXb7dOMx_OGYeaslDKOAVvrlpuADykK1VOaaMWrZjw.4dUzv_viz8DTTk6UNaHKMvM-TiTEpuWIb0SyUAR8Sv4&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=the+lucy+book&amp;qid=1723119640&amp;sprefix=the+lucy+book%2Caps%2C102&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Lucy Book</a>&quot;)&nbsp; included a recount of the event by Jack&#039;s agent, who was on set for filming.&nbsp; He dismissed the other accounts, saying they were misconstrued; Lucy &amp; Jack were engaging in gruff verbal sparring like two old cronies and that Jack wasn&#039;t the least bit offended.Which isn&#039;t to say Lucy couldn&#039;t be tough to work with; I&#039;m sure she was.&nbsp; But those accounts often miss context.&nbsp; The actors she clashed with were usually unprofessional (Bankhead) or not performing well (Crawford; Burton).People are complicated and Lucy was no exception.&nbsp; She was a devoted daughter, yet a distant mother.&nbsp; She maintained friendships for 50+ years, but also cut people out of her life for minor infractions.&nbsp; She was exceptionally friendly to her fans, yet rude to servers.&nbsp; The temptation to reduce a person to a specific stereotype (&quot;she was a bitch&quot;, &quot;she was a sociopath&quot;) is overly simplistic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 407242, member: 5079"] I've read a lot of biographies of Lucy -- most of them, probably -- and often the same incidents are recounted from different vantage points or by different people; this often adds context and perspective to recollections. There's an incident included in many biographies of Jack Benny guesting on HERE'S LUCY; as most versions go, Lucy was awfully rough on Jack, bordering on outright cruelty. These accounts always struck me as odd. Jack was Lucy's next door neighbor. She respected and adored him. A later book (the excellent "[URL='https://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Book-Complete-Decades-Television/dp/1580630510/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RYT0RXC4UCO0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Q3p4lpUSA6Ot6nvb0Q8UUMG984Ikc6AK_fh-uFORZcxW2EN0KqNb6N0gg8DpulmIeiWdhT_A_xcc-LgS8c5wdyiprIrr5vSwvh9iwtvBV4rLcAObooTUMfB5A-THuATR1woQsWgHlxHFMR-8lNhnJlT2_fbX8-Lc56bNKqVOSnFuJh0V1Ip_GDQBlXP0q2dwuAXb7dOMx_OGYeaslDKOAVvrlpuADykK1VOaaMWrZjw.4dUzv_viz8DTTk6UNaHKMvM-TiTEpuWIb0SyUAR8Sv4&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+lucy+book&qid=1723119640&sprefix=the+lucy+book%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1']The Lucy Book[/URL]") included a recount of the event by Jack's agent, who was on set for filming. He dismissed the other accounts, saying they were misconstrued; Lucy & Jack were engaging in gruff verbal sparring like two old cronies and that Jack wasn't the least bit offended. Which isn't to say Lucy couldn't be tough to work with; I'm sure she was. But those accounts often miss context. The actors she clashed with were usually unprofessional (Bankhead) or not performing well (Crawford; Burton). People are complicated and Lucy was no exception. She was a devoted daughter, yet a distant mother. She maintained friendships for 50+ years, but also cut people out of her life for minor infractions. She was exceptionally friendly to her fans, yet rude to servers. The temptation to reduce a person to a specific stereotype ("she was a bitch", "she was a sociopath") is overly simplistic. [/QUOTE]

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