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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Another New Slideshow
« on: January 25, 2010, 01:11:02 AM »
Today's quote is not the quote that appears on the calendar. The quote on the calendar: Maggie - 'I'm going to give my notice tonight,' actually comes from Scene #70 - but you'll note that today's quote comes from Scene #68C. And that leads us to an odd thing about the hoDS script: Maggie actually decides to leave Collinwood in two separate scenes. The reason for this, however, is that Scene #70 is part of the Nancy Hodiak portion of the script (where a second woman, supposedly to have been portrayed by Marie Wallace, is attacked after visiting Jeff's studio), but before shooting even began, DC had decided that none of that would be shot (supposedly because Marie Wallace dared to get another job on the NBC soap Another World - Somerset), so among the rewrites that are dated March 25th is a scene set earlier than the Nancy Hodiak portion where Maggie's decision to leave is dealt with. Though the real irony is that even the new scene doesn't appear in the film. As the film stands, we don't even learn that Maggie is leaving until the costume party. But don't even get me started on how far too many interesting and often important character moments were sacrificed on the altar of focusing more strongly on violence and gore...