To me, it make Lucy's character appear to be imbecilic, that she would be that old and still without a clue. I did think that Desi did a nice job subtly playing his Nicky character different from the Ricky character - more hesitant, not as bombastic or authoritative, but his character was also too old to not have any knowledge of how to handle a woman (even a silly one.)
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Yeah, but you just have to accept it that they're just an older couple when they marry. It might have played better with a couple of younger actors, but possibly not quite as marketable. Lucy and Desi were a high profile item at the time, and if you want to make your money back on a film, it helps to cast names people know and are interested in.
shareIt may have not even played better with a younger couple, they would have to match the chemistry and comedic timing of these 2.
shareLucy's character is too sure of her point of view to get a clue without going through a disaster to show her she is wrong. Look at her driving in town! She's not stupid. She's arrogant, and arrogant people learn very slowly because they are know-it-alls.
I don't see why people their age can't be newlyweds. I have two nephews who were newlyweds at that age. Lots of people who want to get established in their careers wait to get married and start a family. Sometimes that is easier because of maturity and sometimes that is harder because they are more set in their ways and don't want to adapt. Young newlyweds wouldn't have had the savings to buy the trailer. It would have had to be a gift from the parents and middle class newlyweds in 1953 wouldn't have had parents who were loaded, or happy to pay for an extravagance like that if they were. In this marriage there is a strong potential for the two characters to balance each other out--her confidence and his caution.
Yeah anyone of any age can be a newlywed if they are RECENTLY MARRIED. That's what newlywed means after all.
Besides, when where their ages revealed in the movie?
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Their characters were much younger. Nicky was an architect just starting his career, and Tacy was in his casual social circle. They were probably in their twenties.
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Back in the '50s, not everyone was required to be in their twenties.
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you poor little thing! anyone who is newly wed is a newlywed what does age have to do with it/
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Recent comments here show that the original poster's comments, I believe, were misinterpreted. If PretoriaDZ checks back, he(she) may correct me, but I believe the comment was better written than the headline. What they were saying is that Desi and Lucy were too old to effectively portray a couple young enough to make the kind of mistakes the characters were shown to make.
Lucy's character, if as old as she appears to be (and was in real life) should have understood things much better than she did and behaved differently. Desi's character behaved as if he had no understanding of how to "handle a woman" when someone as old as he appeared to be should have been better able to understand her and respond in a way that got her to react differently.
To everyone who responded by explaining the meaning of "newlyweds"--I politely suggest you re-read the original post skipping the headline, and you'll get a different understanding of the point.