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Darin Strauss: How Lucille Ball went from Communist to capitalist

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I recently wrote "The Queen of Tuesday," a book largely about Lucille Ball, and my research uncovered something most fans would be scandalized by.

Lucille Ball, the national icon most associated with wholesome 1950s America, got caught up in radical politics. And this almost changed the nature of American entertainment forever.

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) accused her of communist sympathies.This was a shocking claim about someone who was as much a symbol of 1950s America as Elvis or the Golden Arches.

This happened at the height of Ball’s fame, at a time when her show "I Love Lucy" was drawing the equivalent of 85 million viewers a week.

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