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A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« on: July 15, 2003, 12:14:26 AM »
When I first saw the episode during which Quentin finds the voodoo doll while Maggie was changing, I was positive that Maggie was topless (her back, of course to the camera).  Then, decades later when I saw it again, there she was, wearing a slip.  But that couldn't be - I was just so positive she was au natural.  Well, I shrugged it off as just another case of Faulty Dark Shadows Memory Syndrome (FDSMS), most likely caused by the hormones of a 13-year-old boy who was madly in love with TLATKLS.  So I watch it again today, but this time I decided to do an experiment (I was watching the taped episodes).

I had mentioned in another thread that I grew up watching DS totally in black and white - we didn't get a color TV set until '76.  Rewinding the tape, I then toned the color all the down to b&w.  Replaying the scene, the color of Maggie's slip blended into a flesh tone and she looked like she was momentarily sans top.  It was not a faulty memory; it was not the result of a pubescent boy hopelessly in love.  It was the result of an old Admiral black-and-white television set.

Today, I feel vindicated.

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Re:A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2003, 12:53:26 AM »
methinks you might watch more of KLS in B&W to see that effect Gerard ;D

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Re:A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2003, 02:17:26 AM »
I never thought of that!  Thanks, Jennifer!  I feel like I'm 13 all over again!

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Re:A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2003, 06:36:39 AM »
I never thought of that!  Thanks, Jennifer!  I feel like I'm 13 all over again!

you're welcome :)

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Re:A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2003, 12:34:27 AM »
I want to see Minnie Duval in chiaroscuro!!!

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Re:A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2003, 02:30:56 AM »
Careful, Bob.  Remember, we're in the topsey-turvey world of PT right now.  You might end up getting Bathia Mapes in her birthday suit.

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Re:A Bout of FDSMS Solved
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2003, 02:52:01 AM »
Yeah, Minnie Duval and Bathia Mapes.  I tell you, it's like being the Parallel Time counterpart of Roger Vadim (read: Horace Gladstone) and choosing between Brigitte Bardot and Jane "Barbarella" Fonda!