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« on: May 13, 2002, 05:37:23 PM »
Luciaphil, MANY THANKS for giving me a smile on a rather tired, dreary Monday morning here in rainy Boston. Several smiles, actually, and a few suppressed guffaws too (we don't want to frighten the horses, darling).
Nicky has a theory that they used more than one wig for Cassandra. The wig really is in its own category, isn't it? I wonder whether they could smell the thing as it entered the room? It must have exuded a rather potent tang of styling solution ... something industrial strength, I should think!
Agree with you about the Stokes/Barn scene at the Old House. The fact that that WASN"T on the "Best of Dark Shadows" tape shows that the editor of those tapes doesn't know the series as well as he thinks he does. By the way, a friend of mine is convinced that Thayer was adjusting his dentures at one point in that scene ... when he has his back turned to Barn and the camera, he's obviously doing something peculiar with his mouth.
I personally like the lilac color on Cassandra ...
Agree with you about the ICKY subtext in those Lang/Peter scenes. Keep imagining Peter feverishly scribbing in a ratty notebook labeled "I was a sex slave to a mad scientist," assuming he'd get rich selling the story to the Natl Enquirer if he could ever escape the Collinsport looney bin.
You didn't comment upon another of my favorite scenes in the entire series--the one where Angelique visits Barnabas in a vision and warns him to "beware of dreams!" Evidently you weren't impressed. I think this is one of the moments when Parker really shone.
Oh, please do keep picking away at Eric Lang's medical credentials (not to mention the question of his psychological competence). You have no idea how therapeutic it is for some of us!
Thanks again for a wonderful post,
Gothick