DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '26 I => Current Talk '02 I => Topic started by: Donna on April 09, 2002, 12:21:29 AM
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Today, Abigail found out what Barnabas really is.
They showed her sitting outside ......Daniel found her ....then Naomi came over. Did Abigail die from shock or did she have a heart attack?
According to a post here, Naomi and Joshua were supposed to find out what really happened to Barnabas.
Did I miss that part or did they not show it today?
My son is home for Spring Break this week. I get to see the whole segment of DS this week ........ [wow] [hello]
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Donna,
Abigail died from fright. As for your other question...
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Joshua won't find out what Barnabas is for several more episodes, and Naomi won't until several more after that. These are outstanding scenes and I hope you'll be able to see them.
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thanks Midnight ....!!!
I plan on seeing every single episode ....I make it a part of my morning coffee ...... starts my day off on a bright note. [sssh] I wouldn't tell too many people that....I might get pegged as being a Dark Shadows addict ....lol [wink2]
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I think this has to be one of the all-time great moments of DS, and among the most terrifying -- Barnabas rising from his coffin and Abigail getting her comeuppance.
My jaw was agape the first time I saw this scene, and it was again seeing it for the second time (actually the third, or fourth time, since it was re-enacted at the start of the following episode).
Clarice Blackburn did a terrific job with Abigail. She played her within the boundaries of not making her an over-the-top villain, unlike many actors still to come on the series. Her character was believable.
Jonathan Frid matched her in this scene with a performance to make even the stout-hearted quiver and cower. Anger and threatening -- but controlled. (That's the quality so many of the other DS actors were often missing, I think -- keeping the character controlled -- and [shadow=red,left,300]believable[/shadow]).
As I said, one of the greatest scenes of the entire series.
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I think this has to be one of the all-time great moments of DS, and among the most terrifying -- Barnabas rising from his coffin and Abigail getting her comeuppance.
My jaw was agape the first time I saw this scene, and it was again seeing it for the second time (actually the third, or fourth time, since it was re-enacted at the start of the following episode).
Clarice Blackburn did a terrific job with Abigail. She played her within the boundaries of not making her an over-the-top villain, unlike many actors still to come on the series. Her character was believable.
Jonathan Frid matched her in this scene with a performance to make even the stout-hearted quiver and cower. Anger and threatening -- but controlled. (That's the quality so many of the other DS actors were often missing, I think -- keeping the character controlled -- and [shadow=red,left,300]believable[/shadow]).
As I said, one of the greatest scenes of the entire series.
Very well said, Vlad, as always. But at almost 1 a.m. and way past my bedtime, the only point I can add is just how gifted and overlooked an actor Clarice Blackburn is. As Abigail, she projected a moral righteousness, albeit with great sincerity, and didn't deserve to die the way she did. Yet when she died, many of us, I dare say, probably rejoiced, which is a tribute to her skilled performance. And her facial expressions were priceless.
Ben
(ready for bed and quickly losing coherence)