Lucy Is Enceinte
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"Lucy Is Enceinte" is a landmark episode of the classic American sitcom *I Love Lucy* in which Lucille Ball's character reveals her pregnancy, mirroring Ball's real-life pregnancy and breaking television taboos of the 1950s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucy Goes to the Hospital | 1 |
| Lucy Is Enceinte canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
I Love Lucy episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lucille Ball’s real-life pregnancy ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Ethel Mertz
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethel Mertz – Vivian Vance
Fred Mertz ⓘ
surface form:
Fred Mertz – William Frawley
Lucy Ricardo ⓘ
surface form:
Lucy Ricardo – Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz ⓘ
surface form:
Ricky Ricardo – Desi Arnaz
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresActor |
Desi Arnaz
ⓘ
Lucille Ball ⓘ Vivian Vance ⓘ William Frawley ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ethel Mertz
ⓘ
Fred Mertz ⓘ Lucy Ricardo ⓘ Desi Arnaz ⓘ
surface form:
Ricky Ricardo
|
| featuresElement | studio audience laughter ⓘ |
| featuresSetting |
New York City
ⓘ
Ricardo apartment ⓘ |
| genre |
sitcom
ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
considered a landmark moment in American television history
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influenced later television portrayals of pregnancy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
communication in relationships
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family ⓘ marriage ⓘ pregnancy ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Lucy’s revelation of her pregnancy to Ricky ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking 1950s television taboos about pregnancy
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depicting pregnancy on American television in the early 1950s ⓘ paralleling Lucille Ball’s real-life pregnancy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
I Love Lucy
ⓘ
surface form:
I Love Lucy franchise
|
| partOfSeries | I Love Lucy ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Lucy Ricardo discovers she is pregnant and struggles to find the right way to tell Ricky ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Desilu Productions ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1950s ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Lucy is pregnant ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lucy Goes to the Hospital