... television had over mainstream culture and wanted to be conscious about how stories were depicted. One of Lucy’s most important on-screen relationships was with her best friend, Ethel, played by Vivian ...
... her husband. And I think the most important aspect of Paula is that she’s sexualized. This is the difference between VivianVance and Lucille Ball. Usually if there is a sidekick woman, the leading woman ...
... on her own, but it’s the extra layer—Johanna Fateman talking about her own budding feminism while profiling Andrea Dworkin, or Justin Vivian Bond’s childhood adoration of model Karen Graham—that sets this ...
... as she talks tearfully about the two loves of her life, Desi Arnaz and VivianVance. Here is an excerpt from “My Lunch With Lucy” :
When I asked her about Vivian Vance and the great sisterly friendship ...