From: sally@remarque.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson)
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Subject: DOOL: Monday the 9th
Date: 9 Nov 1992 23:37:14 GMT
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Well....


I was not as impressed with the episode today as last week.
For one thing WAY WAY too much TripKim. Patsy comes no
where near Bromka in portraying a psycho. Both Lacey and
Clair are more caricatures than manifestations of a disturbed
Psyche. I see no commentary on the effects of molestation/incest
in any of the scenes with Kim/Clair/Lacey. It is more of
a staire--or it comes off in that manner--than a serious examination
of a serious topic. We get none of the torment, and horror
afflicting Kim, insteady either Lacey a fun-loving gal, and
Clair some type of black-widow. There has been really no
development as to why these character types are manifesting
themselves--what is causing Kim to slip into these personas.
I don't know much about MDO resulting from molestation/incest,
but I would imagine that one of the characters to come about
would be that of a child--an innocent. For it was during her
childhood, her innocence, that she was molested by her uncle.
That deep down part of her wants to reobtain the innocence
lost because of this horrible crime. That a crime of this kid
would not only physically violate, but emotionally violate as
well the "victim." And that the subconscious would desire to
regain what it "lost." Anyway, I am not at all impressed by the
storyline, and how it is handled. As others have posted, since
it is so personally connected to Patsy Pease's own past history,
that she would have handled--or asked TPTB to handle--it much
differently. 

Marlena was okay...and she was more emotional, and animated, but
the scenes lose so much without my favorite psycho there to torment
her, and to be a commentary--a voice of the public. And I still
cannot figure out how the heck a poisonous snake was able to make
its way into the basement in a major metropolitan area. Did Stel
put it there as a guard????

Well, the scenes with Viv and Lizard where pretty good. Victor
and John were enjoyable. Finally the truth about Nikki came out
after nearly a year of hints--unfortuantely we still have to
wait a month before Carlips finds out. Ivan was a riot today.
The acter may not be great, but he handles the part well. His
stoic manner, his stiffness, and his speech just are prefect for
Ivan. This character really works well with that of  Viv and
Lizard. The whole part concerning Ivan disposing the body was
a riot, too bad we could not have seen some scenes of this--the
well groomed, unemotional Ivan trying to handle a dead Lisanne,
and trying to drive her car off the road. Ah this would have
surpassed all the stupid TripKim ODing nonsense.....


Spudnix--Geez, not only did Da Buuulz lose, but so did Da Bears; and
to boot Mike Ditka came off as a jerk on his radio show. Any comment
there Oh Ye Who Brings a Stinky Breath?--Peel.



-- 
Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa,	   |||	 Sally A. Wilson
  si come il saggio in suo dittare pone	   |||	 Spudnix Peel
  e cosi esser l'una sanza l'altro osa     |||	 sally@mica.berkeley.edu
  com'alma razional sanza ragione.  [_Vita_Nova_ XX, Dante]
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