Something I like about Quentin and Magda’s big scene.
Category: DSED Comments
Episode 747: Die Laughing
A remark about the actors’ regional accents.
Episode 748: The Misunderstanding
I remark on the bossy big sister/ bratty little brother relationships that power so much of Dark Shadows.
Episode 756: I Know You Are But What Am I
In which I say that a powerful villain needs a powerful adversary, or the story either moves too fast or hits a dead end.
Episode 758: Give Me the Strength to Crush My Enemy
When bad dialogue happens to good actors.
Episode 761: After School
In which Dark Shadows finds its motto.
Episode 764: Straight Outta Collinsport
Why Evan Hanley is my favorite of the characters Humbert Allen Astredo played.
Episode 768: Number One with a Bullet
Jonathan Frid’s greatest work as an acting teacher?
Episode 769: Crazy Ex-Boyfriend
All the actors they passed over to cast Roger Davis in a part so good even he couldn’t make it painful to watch.
Episode 772: Nothing Lasts
In which I respond to people comparing Dark Shadows with Star Trek by recommending Robert Justman and Herb Solow’s book Inside Star Trek, and comparing its portrait of Gene Roddenberry with what we know of Dan Curtis.
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