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The Beulah Show (1950)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
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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

Bias Dimensions


Political: Leans Right
Diversity: High

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

The Beulah Show is rated as right-leaning due to its reinforcement of traditional racial hierarchies and stereotypes, portraying its Black lead primarily in a subservient domestic role without challenging the underlying social inequalities of the era.

The show is notable for its pioneering casting of an African American actress in a lead role on network television, which was a significant step for representation in its era. However, its narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities and largely operates within the social norms of the time.

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 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
7.7
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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