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* ManipulativeEditing: Lucille confronts Desi on a tabloid story about Desi carousing with another woman, illustrated with photographic evidence. Desi gets out of it by pointing out that it's actually a picture of Lucille and Desi out with friends, with Lucille cropped out of the shot.
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* TheAlcoholic: William Frawley was a notorious and self-admitted one, although he claimed to always be sober when it came time for rehearsals and filming.
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** While Lucille did testify in front of the House of Un-American Activities (see RedScare below) and was accused of being a Communist, that happened in 1953, a year after she announced to the network she was pregnant, not during the same week.
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** While Lucille did testify in front of the House of Un-American Activities Committee (see RedScare below) and was accused of being a Communist, that happened in 1953, a year after she announced to the network she was pregnant, not during the same week.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr. are respectively portrayed by Creator/TonyHale, Creator/AliaShawkat and Creator/JakeLacy, while their older selves are portrayed by Creator/JohnRubinstein, Creator/LindaLavin and Creator/RonnyCox.
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* OldFashionedFruitStomping: The film revisits the ''Series/ILoveLucy'' grape-stomping scene by showing how the idea evolved in the writers' room. Lucy Arnaz suggests that her character lose an earring in the tub of grapes, and we see Lucy Ricardo flinging herself down and pawing through the stomped grapes in a frenzy.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When Lucille is in the waiting room of the [[Creator/RKOPictures RKO executive]] who would tell her she's being dropped from the studio, there are movie posters on the wall, one of them for ''Film/{{Stromboli}}''. ''Film/{{Stromboli}}'' came out in 1950, while Lucille was dropped from her RKO contract in 1942. Also, the studio executive compares her to Creator/JudyHolliday, who wouldn't become known until 1950 thanks to ''Theatre/BornYesterday''.
** "Fred and Ethel Fight", the episode they're filming during the movie, took place in Lucy and Ricky's old apartment, but in the movie it takes place in their new apartment. Also, the episode that they were filming in real life during this week was "The Girls Go Into Business" instead.
** While Lucille did testify in front of the House of Un-American Activities (see RedScare below) and was accused of being a Communist, that happened in 1953, a year after she announced to the network she was pregnant, not in the same week.
** "Fred and Ethel Fight", the episode they're filming during the movie, took place in Lucy and Ricky's old apartment, but in the movie it takes place in their new apartment. Also, the episode that they were filming in real life during this week was "The Girls Go Into Business" instead.
** While Lucille did testify in front of the House of Un-American Activities (see RedScare below) and was accused of being a Communist, that happened in 1953, a year after she announced to the network she was pregnant, not in the same week.
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* AnachronismStew:
** The term “showrunner” was not in use at the time ''I Love Lucy'' was made.
** References to the show being “taped” are also inaccurate, as the series was famously shot on film. Videotape wasn’t used to record sitcoms until much later.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film takes many liberties with the actual timeline of historical events for the sake of drama:
** When Lucille is in the waiting room of the [[Creator/RKOPictures RKO executive]] who would tell her she's being dropped from the studio, there are movie posters on the wall, one of them for ''Film/{{Stromboli}}''. ''Film/{{Stromboli}}'' came out in 1950, while Lucille was dropped from her RKO contract in 1942. Also, the studio executive compares her to Creator/JudyHolliday, who wouldn't become known until 1950 thanks to ''Theatre/BornYesterday''.
** "Fred and Ethel Fight", the episodethey're filming being filmed during the events of this movie, took place in Lucy and Ricky's old first apartment, but in the movie this film it takes place in their new apartment. Also, It was also produced during the first season of the show, not the second as depicted here. The actual episode that they were filming in real life during this the “red scare” week was "The Girls Go Into Business" instead.
Business,” which was the first episode produced for the ''third'' season.
** While Lucille did testify in front of the House of Un-American Activities (see RedScare below) and was accused of being a Communist, that happened in 1953, a year after she announced to the network she was pregnant, notin during the same week.
** The term “showrunner” was not in use at the time ''I Love Lucy'' was made.
** References to the show being “taped” are also inaccurate, as the series was famously shot on film. Videotape wasn’t used to record sitcoms until much later.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film takes many liberties with the actual timeline of historical events for the sake of drama:
** When Lucille is in the waiting room of the [[Creator/RKOPictures RKO executive]] who would tell her she's being dropped from the studio, there are movie posters on the wall, one of them for ''Film/{{Stromboli}}''. ''Film/{{Stromboli}}'' came out in 1950, while Lucille was dropped from her RKO contract in 1942. Also, the studio executive compares her to Creator/JudyHolliday, who wouldn't become known until 1950 thanks to ''Theatre/BornYesterday''.
** "Fred and Ethel Fight", the episode
** While Lucille did testify in front of the House of Un-American Activities (see RedScare below) and was accused of being a Communist, that happened in 1953, a year after she announced to the network she was pregnant, not
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** Desi Arnaz did address the audience before the taping about Lucille Ball's communist ties, stating that the 'only thing red about Lucy is her hair, and even that is not legitimate' There was no surprise phone call from J. Edgar Hoover clearing Lucille Ball of all wrong doing.
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** Desi Arnaz did address the audience before the taping filming about Lucille Ball's communist ties, stating that the 'only thing red about Lucy is her hair, and even that is not legitimate' There legitimate'. However, there was no surprise phone call from J. Edgar Hoover clearing Lucille Ball of all wrong doing.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Desi does this twice. First, when CBS objects to the pregnancy storyline, he has his assistant send a telegram to the head of William Morris (the show's sponsor), and they send a telegram back saying he should be allowed to do what he wants. Second, after Lucille is accused of being a Communist in the newspapers, even though she was cleared by the House of Un-American Activities, Desi has his assistant make a call, after which he forgoes the usual introduction to the live taping of the show, instead taking a call from [[spoiler:J. Edgar Hoover]], whom he has announce to the studio audience that Lucille is not a Communist.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Desi does this twice. First, when CBS objects to the pregnancy storyline, he has his assistant send a telegram to the head of William Phillip Morris (the show's sponsor), and they send a telegram back saying he should be allowed to do what he wants. Second, after Lucille is accused of being a Communist in the newspapers, even though she was cleared by the House of Un-American Activities, Desi has his assistant make a call, after which he forgoes the usual introduction to the live taping of the show, instead taking a call from [[spoiler:J. Edgar Hoover]], whom he has announce to the studio audience that Lucille is not a Communist.
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** Desi Arnaz did address the audience before the taping about Lucille Ball's communist ties, stating that the 'only thing red about Lucy is her hair, and even that is not legitimate' There was no surprise phone call from J. Edgar Hoover clearing Lucille Ball of all wrong doing.
