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Current Talk '07 I / Re: 1968
« on: January 17, 2007, 06:29:49 PM »If I were Dan Curtis, I'd have fired Addison Powell right then and there. Forgetting words and even whole lines was part and parcel of Dark Shadows, and usually the cast managed to get past it without making the proceedings totally asinine. But there Addison was, Mr. Helpful, Mr. Officious, and he just had to tell the world that he knew Frid's lines better than Frid did.
I don't think that was necessarily the case. Powell was most likely just trying to save/recover the scene just as others actors had and would do whenever Frid flubbed. In fact, one of my favorite such incidents from 1970PT is discussed in this topic:
The May 20th Episodes - Classic Blooper Expertly Covered
I also don't think it's necessarily a big deal that Lang knew about Woodard. It was clearly established that Barn was telling Lang about his history. So, even though we didn't see it, it doesn't necessarily follow that Barn didn't at some point explain to Lang what had happened to Woodard.