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Current Talk '05 I / Re: Innovative Storytelling Decisions
« on: May 13, 2005, 02:58:40 PM »Quote
First, the unveiling of "good" Barnabas in the first place, not as a gradual transition caused by certain life events in the 20th century, but instead by zooming us suddenly back, without warning, to 1795, where we get to see, totally unexpectedly (to viewers at the time anyway) an utterly unstained Barnabas, who then is put through an horrific series of events that really make us ache over the innocence that's ripped out of him, when the bad rubber bat finally gets him.
Well....I wouldn't go so far as to say Barn was 'unstained' nor 'good'; the reason the 'rubber bat' gets him is cause he was a 'horn toad' .
I think throughout Barnabas' life, he was very self-centered and self-serving, vampirism not withstanding.
And...I believe the 'horrific series of events' HE got HIMSELF into.
Yes, I feel bad for him...but...you make your bed.....
All IMHO,
Patti