My thoughts on Ricky Ricardo/Desi Arnaz.
I‘ve started watching ILL this past week and been enjoying it so far, brings genuine laughs from me. But the main reason I decided to check it out is because I find Ricky/Desi really attractive. However, I feel sort of conflicted about both the character and actor. For Ricky, he obviously loves Lucy and I‘ve seen clips of him being a good father to Little Ricky. But I just got through the episodes where he attempts to drug Lucy with the sleeping pill and spanks her. I think the former is more egregious since the latter felt more like a joke to show that Lucy was acting childish so she gets reprimanded like one. I still acknowledge the time period it was released in and how standards have changed overtime.
For Desi, the main thing I’ve heard is that he was unfaithful to Lucille which led to their divorce but still remained close friends afterwards. I don’t think he was a bad person per se, but of course cheating isn’t a good thing to do. For me, it’s a bit hard sometimes to separate the actor from the character they play when you are reminded of the stuff they’ve done (again, I don’t think Desi was a bad man, just flawed).
Maybe I’m just trying to get rid of any guilt for crushing on this hot Cuban DILF. 😵💫