The Untold Love, Scandals, and Struggles of Lucille Ball

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She made America laugh—but behind the scenes, Lucille Ball’s life was anything but funny. From explosive fights with Desi Arnaz to her fight for control in a male-dominated industry, this is the real story of the woman who changed TV forever.

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00:00Lucy was indomitable. She was not going to take no for an answer at a time when

00:07that was the only thing women heard in Hollywood. The fact that she was a

00:12pioneer as a businesswoman in Hollywood, the fact that she wasn't just an actor,

00:18that she was a producer, that she was a studio head, she had no sense of I can't

00:26do it. I think Lucy becoming head of the studio and continuing in the role that

00:32she had earned, it certainly makes other women see that that's a possibility and

00:36it begins to reverberate that into the pond of humanity. She's not the little

00:42lady in the background, she's the boss and that helped a lot of people to accept

00:48the fact that women could do this kind of work. Now today, my gosh, it's fabulous.

00:54You've got Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman gonna have a

01:00production company. It's just fabulous.

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