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« on: June 15, 2006, 08:27:53 PM »
Hyde never "embodied evil" to me, whatever "evil" is. Until he takes Maggie prisoner, mostly he just makes leering faces and implies he's capable of horrific things, without actually doing any. For that reason, I can't take any interest. He seems anemic as a villain. He works so hard at sounding "evil", trying to convey it all with leers and tone of voice, for ages, that I want that hook they used to use to pull bad acts offstage to yank him off, before I have to waste any more time watching him. He just seemed to be an annoying jerk.
Rebecca was famous enough, but redoing Jekyll and Hyde, a story every audience member would know, even the kids..... and doing both at the same time....!