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« on: September 23, 2011, 03:10:52 PM »
(I don't always get my issue on Friday, so I hope someone does - particularly because, if there is an article in the print issue, it's often the case that the print issue features more than what's on the Web site.)
A few unrelated comments:
I can certainly understand why some people would think Victoria seems dressed rather young because it's not likely too many women in their early-20s would dress that way today. However, it was more common in the '70s. In fact, when I was a freshman in high school during '70-'71, my French teacher dressed exactly like that most of the time. She was a year out of college, which would make her about the same age as Bella Heathcote, if not Victoria herself - and she was even married. And she continued to dress the same way throughout all four of the years I was in high school. So, to me, Victoria's manner of dress isn't all that odd for '72.
Regarding the Addams Family look to the cast photo, as I've said, I don't really see it, so I'm curious: do the people who do see an Addams Family vibe also see the same vibe in the original '67 cast photos? And if not, why not, considering the Depp/DS film's cast photo so closely resembles the '67 cast photos?
As for Willie, I could be wrong, but with what little info we have so far, I'm suspecting that his character in the film is Willie in name only and will turn out to be different from the versions we've seen before. Perhaps they really should have named him Matthew Morgan. But who knows, maybe there will turn out to be facets of Willie in there somewhere. Only time will tell. And as for whether or not Willie will turn out to be Barnabas' servant, we really have no information on that beyond what many horror/entertainment sites speculated when Jackie Earle Haley was cast - and thanks to EW we know now that every bit of that speculation was dead wrong because Willie won't be the one releasing Barnabas into the world of 1972.
Given that the placement of the characters in the photo indicates in many instances some sort of relationship that they share with an adjacent character, I'm wondering if there's any significance to Angelique being placed so close to Carolyn?
And finally, and also regarding Carolyn, I had a theory as to why they've made her younger. However, what we've learned in the EW article seems to make my theory less likely. But I will say this: it had a lot to do with the fact that in the film Liz hasn't left Collinwood for 10 rather than the 18 years of the original series...
230 days 13 hours 49 minutes 8 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows is released(ET)!!