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The Beulah Show (1950)

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The Beulah Show (1950)

Overview

The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African American actress.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: High

Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African American actress.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

While groundbreaking for its time in featuring an African American lead, the show's narrative reinforced traditional social hierarchies and racial stereotypes by portraying the protagonist as a domestic servant without critiquing the underlying systemic issues, thus aligning with themes of maintaining the status quo.

The series is notable for featuring an African-American woman in a lead role during the 1950s, a pioneering move for representation in television. However, its narrative does not critically portray traditional identities, instead maintaining a neutral or positive framing of its white characters.

Secondary

The Beulah Show, a sitcom from the early 1950s, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The series primarily focuses on the domestic life and comedic situations involving its titular character, a Black maid, and her employers, with no discernible queer representation.

The Beulah Show, a 1950s sitcom, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on domestic comedy and the experiences of its titular character as a maid, with no elements related to gender identity or transition.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The character Beulah was consistently portrayed as female across its radio and television iterations. While a male actor voiced Beulah in early radio, the character's established gender remained female, thus no gender swap occurred in the transition to the television show.

The character Beulah originated as a Black maid in radio and was consistently portrayed as Black by Black actresses in the 1950 TV series. There is no instance of a character established as one race being portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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