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Offline elizabeth

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Re: am i a nerd?
« Reply #45 on: May 24, 2002, 10:03:34 PM »
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This really turned out to be a major discussion! I have a question for Elizabeth. What was Playhouse 90? I'm asking because it's listed in Craig Slocum's television credits, and I never saw it.


Castlebee is right on target.    :D   Playhouse 90 was a 90 minute (hence the name) program that was performed twice (8:00 PM for the East Coast & again at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the West Coast) live from NYC. "Marty" & "Requiem For A Heavyweight" were done on Live TV like this before they were made into motion pictures. I believe Diana Milay got her start on one of these anthology shows.

You would do an entire play "Live" straight through for 90 minutes, go get dinner and do it all over again 3 hours later. Because it was "Live" you did it just like a stage play. No breaks. No edits. In fact there is the famous "Richard III" that has a dead body start to giggle during the battle scene. No way to cut it out so the whole USA saw this poor guy goof up!  :o

Just the sort of actors that DS needed and used. Also, the stagey acting was perfect for a Gothic storyline IMHO.  ;)

There are kinescopes of the shows (They reran Mary Martin's "Peter Pan" every year for years on CBS). Sometimes they will show up on PBS' "Great Performances".  :)

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Re: am i a nerd?
« Reply #46 on: May 25, 2002, 12:40:24 AM »
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There are kinescopes of the shows (They reran Mary Martin's "Peter Pan" every year for years on CBS). Sometimes they will show up on PBS' "Great Performances".  :)

Wow elizabeth! I did not know this was a Playhouse 90 production.  I LOVED that version of Peter Pan - even more than the Disney animated film.   :D
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Re: am i a nerd?
« Reply #47 on: May 25, 2002, 04:13:02 AM »
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Perhaps a lot of people have never been to a live stage play. It is quite a different experience than watching a movie or TV show and in many ways much more enjoyable. That's what watching DS is like - it's like watching a play. Yes, there are flubbed lines, but most of these are forgiveable. In real life people stumble over their own words, they don't deliver perfectly rehearsed dialogues, so in some ways it seems even more "real" because of the flubs.

I also agree wholeheartedly with Elizabeth about the actors - the criteria for today's daytime TV is all about looks. All the performers are models, not actors. I don't know about the rest of you but I really can't relate to an entire town filled with models. DS used real ACTORS - people who looked like real people.


Very well said. I have always believed that a great part of the magic of Dark Shadows is the fact that it is performed by stage actors live on tape. What other show could ever boast that?
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Re: am i a nerd?
« Reply #48 on: May 26, 2002, 12:03:40 AM »

Thanks CastleBee and Elizabeth for the info about Playhouse 90, sounds like it was a great show! It wasn't made during my lifetime though. Wish I could see Craig's performance!  :)
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Re: am i a nerd?
« Reply #49 on: May 26, 2002, 06:49:12 AM »
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Here in shallow America it seems all we care about is how attractive someone is, and talent be damned. I turn on just about any show and the entire cast is filled with models. I just can't really relate.


Apparently, you're not the only one who's noticed this trend.

Since we've been discussing how soaps are continually being populated with good looking rather than talented actors, I thought I would share something that I happened to read in this week's TV Guide.  According to Michael Logan's "Logan Rant," "As the World Turns" and "General Hospital" each recently fired a praiseworthy actor "because they weren't deemed sexy enough by the powers that be, something that happens way too often in soaps." So there are still people who care about quality; if only somebody would take the time to listen to them.

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