I think this one's funnier than some episodes people always cite as 'classics'. Just for the heck of it I asked a (much younger) Latino friend--who'd never seen I Love Lucy, believe it or not--if he thought the exaggerated fake Cuban accents were racist or funny (I don't think we need to worry about British opinion regarding the accents in the English setting version of Lucy's play); he said, "I think it's funny, but I can see why someone would think it's racist." He was a bit more taken aback by a couple All in the Family episodes I had him watch.
So I really like this one, but of course not everything in any sitcom installment makes perfect sense. In this case, just about every problem up to the eventual disaster at the play competition could've been avoided if Lucy had simply told Ricky at the start that the play judge was that big film producer "Darryl B. Mayer". But then the episode would've been about ten minutes long.
So I really like this one, but of course not everything in any sitcom installment makes perfect sense. In this case, just about every problem up to the eventual disaster at the play competition could've been avoided if Lucy had simply told Ricky at the start that the play judge was that big film producer "Darryl B. Mayer". But then the episode would've been about ten minutes long.