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Being the Ricardos (2021)

★ 6.5 · 694 ratings on TMDB

A story behind one of the most influential shows of all time.

Being the Ricardos poster★ 6.5

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

DirectorAaron Sorkin
CastAlia Shawkat, J.K. Simmons, Jake Lacy, Javier Bardem, John Rubinstein, Linda Lavin
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

Being the Ricardos keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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