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A discussion worth revisiting regarding the notes Grayson and DC made in their script:My personal take on all this has always been that most, if not ALL, of those notes in Grayson's script represented her own thoughts on how she was going to play this out.
Grayson was a great believer in something called sub-text. In a theatrical context, this means information that an actor brings to a given scenario or action.
As Laura, Rev. Strack and Gabriel enter the Gallery in Scene 119, Laura points out, "Gabriel, you must make a decision" (a "MUST" quote!! ), and the subtitles reflect that exactly - however, the closed captioning has -
- with "we" instead of "you" for a reason known only to the person who wrote it...
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Perhaps the strangest thing I find about the subtitles on the DVD/Blu-ray is that they're supposed to be SDH subtitles, which means by definition they're subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, which assumes the viewers using them can't only not hear the dialogue but also important non-dialogue information so they also highlight important sounds such as sound effects, music, etc., but the subtitles rarely if ever do that. On the other hand, the closed captioning often does. The most recent example of that was back in Reply #879 for Scene 109 when the closed captioning acknowledged the sound the Greenhouse's glass ceiling makes before it comes crashing down. And now when it comes to Scene 119 the closed captioning acknowledged the sound of approaching footsteps that soon prompt Sarah to hide under the table -
- but of course, the subtitles do not acknowledge that sound...
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Continuing with Scene 119 (and I'm going to use the way the scene appears in Grayson's script because DC didn't change the character names - and I have changed the names in all the quotes because it was just easier that way):
WIDEN as the SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS can be heard coming
down the hall. Sarah, not wanting to be seen, runs
and hides in back of a chair.
LAURA
SAMANTHA(O.S.)
We can talk in here.
LAURA STRACK
Samantha, Gabriel and the Rev.TraskENTER THE HOST
and cross to the windows.
And that's when today's first quote -Page 59/Scene 119 - Laura: 'You must make a decision, Gabriel.'
- comes up, followed by today's second quote -Page 59/Scene 119 - Gabriel: 'You've already made it for me. Why else would the good Reverend Strack be here?'
- coming up.
And when it comes to any differences in the dialogue, Laura switches things up a bit by actually saying "Gabriel, you must make a decision" - and Gabriel actually delivers his first sentence as "I think you've already made that for me." - and Laura actually sighs after Gabriel says that and before he surmises what other reason would Rev. Strack have for being there.
And when it comes to any differences in the directions and the descriptions, Sarah doesn't hide behind a chair because she actually hides under the table before the adults enter the Gallery - and the adults don't cross to the windows because they actually gather around the table, though, as can be seen in the following capture -
- at first we only see their legs as evidence of that because Sarah is the one who's on screen.
And still no notes in DC's script for this scene.