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Calendar Events / Announcements '07 II / Re: Dark Shadows mentioned in October 9, 2007 issue of ABC Soaps in Depth
« on: October 03, 2007, 04:30:51 PM »
Frid had negotiated a new contract only a few months before the cancellation was announced. His main beef wasn't that he didn't want to play Barn anymore - only that he wasn't keen on playing Barn as a vampire.
As for DC - perhaps the best thing that might have happened to DS could have been for him to move on and leave the show in the hands of others who were far more knowledgeable about how to run a soap. Yes, DS has often been lauded for the ways in which it broke from many of the traditional soap formulas of the time - but if it had been just a tad less untraditional, it might actually still be on the air today...
As for DC - perhaps the best thing that might have happened to DS could have been for him to move on and leave the show in the hands of others who were far more knowledgeable about how to run a soap. Yes, DS has often been lauded for the ways in which it broke from many of the traditional soap formulas of the time - but if it had been just a tad less untraditional, it might actually still be on the air today...