and you just KNEW that KLS is going to move heaven and earth to more closely associate herself with this film...mentioning the part that SHE played(josette) and completely leaving out the part she didn't play(victoria) on the original series even though it looks as though the piece will largely be set in 1972 and vicki heathcote's major role.
I would consider (the idea of) Josette and (the character of) Victoria to be equally important in the original Dark Shadows universe, standing with the likes of Barnabas Collins himself. In my opinion, since 1991, Victoria has ceased to be a character who can hold her own when pitted against the idea of the character of Josette. Her purpose has been to be, in Barnabas's eyes, Josette. She doesn't really have any story of her own. She is simply part of the story of Barnabas Collins. In the original series, especially in the early episodes, Victoria could hold her own. She needed no one to make her important. She was the main character. Since that point, however, she has become secondary to Barnabas Collins, and now, sadly, I feel the only reason she is included is as an homage to tradition, not because she, as a standalone character, is essential to the plot. But, who knows? Maybe the new version of Dark Shadows will change that and catapult Victoria back to her original position as the leading character. But, if the evolution of the story has any bearing on the new film, we could have probably called her Maggie, Roxanne, or even Rachel and her purpose would still be to carry on the legacy of Josette, making her secondary to Barnabas Collins, as her role is now to help fill out the Barnabas character.
I do not personally take issue with that. It's a clean way of tying together all of the angles from the first part of the series. And it worked beautifully in 1991. But, it seems that without Josette, and Barnabas, the character of Victoria is really inconsequential anymore. We will have to wait and see if this has changed with the new movie, but it wouldn't seem as if it has considering KLS's latest remarks.