From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL: Friday - Icky and Gnarly
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:15:29 GMT


Brace yourselves.  Rick must be up to something because I'm about to defend
Isabella!!!  


In article <0eccE7m00WBKI5nQhp@andrew.cmu.edu> lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Liz Fox) writes:
>
>Well I was home on Friday and watched DOOL in real time (gasp!).  The
>cutest thing was when John put the pencil behind Brady's ear - they were
>adorable - as Vix would say "He's such a dad!"


My comment to Susan at this time was "Oh nice, let's watch the kid poke
his eye out."  


>is the Icky lover). I actually though Crystal WAY out-acted Staci (which
>ain't tough to do!)  When Carly seems extremely professional and looks
>like she is about to slug Isabella for being stupid - you KNOW the show
>has gone downhill!  I almost laughed till I cried on Friday (now, I
>DON'T find Cancer funny, nor do I find pain and death funny...but these
>are not real people - they are characters).....when Izzy had her
>sonogram.


I have to disagree my hot Lixstress.  Carly was as annoying as ever but
Isabella really didn't bother me.  Maybe I'm just going soft on her 
because of the storyline, but I think it really is sad.  Sure, I hate 
the character.  But this kind of death is just too sad for me to be my
usual mean self.  Sorry.  :(

Carly seemed to be really overdoing the "concerned" and "perplexed"
looks.  And what in the world was she wearing???   It looked like a
red bodysuit!


>(paraphrased and I KNOW the writ-errs are at fault for a lot of this but
>BETTER actors could have pulled this off with an emotional response
>other than laughter from the audience)
>
>Gnarly starts the sonogram:
>
>ICK: "Oh will it be the same as when I was pregnant?"
>GNAR: "Well sort of but we'll be looking at other things"
>ICK" "oh. (staring and squinting into the monitor) What's that? How do
>you know what all those things are???
>GNAR (Looking like she's ready to slap some sense into this woman's
>brain) "I'd be in BIG trouble if I didn't know what they were!"
>ICK: "How do you know what to look for"
>GNAR (Getting more perturbed) "If something doesn't look normal or in
>the place where it should be then there is a problem"
>ICK "Duuuuuhhhhh" OK....


Well, to be totally honest, I did not have this reaction, though I can
see why you did.  I thought Isabella was nervous and just trying to make
conversation, as dumb as it may have been.  I think I probably ask 
stupid things too at the doctor's.  What's that thing?  *WHERE* do you
want to stick it?????   You know, who knows how to act at the doctor's???


>ABSOLUTELY NO emotion she does a jerk of her head toward the camera (to
>get a good full-face shot) and says "You mean (gasp) I have....(gasp)
>cancer/?????????? FREEZE FRAME - Fade to credits.


Yes, it was an awfully blank expression.  I was expecting a little more,
even from her.  

So, what is wrong with me and how do I get the antidote for whatever I
have????  :-)



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   "It's under my skin, but out of my hands
         I'll tear it apart, but I won't understand."
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