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Has there ever been a more perfect casting choice in television
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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 420347" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>Yes, the casting choice for Amanda #1 totally worked, and Season 5 made little sense (but a certain chutzpa kept the show afloat, to whatever degree).</p><p></p><p>About two-thirds of the way through Season 5, David Jacobs (DALLAS' and KNOTS' creator) said in an interview that despite the glitz, DYNASTY "is going to have to start focusing on 'story'." About the same time, the DYNASTY brass (according to Doug Cramer, years later) had become concerned that their narrative was too weak (perhaps because of Jacobs' comments in the press?) but there's no sign that anything was done.</p><p></p><p>In fact, Esther had trashed the lack of plot & character development in BERRENGERS in early-1985, and then hired its writer-producer, Dana Gould, to work on Season 6 of DYNASTY later that year (perhaps because Gould was a woman?). And we know how well that turned out (although I don't particularly blame Gould). The Pollocks still ran the show.</p><p></p><p>PSM left after Season 4 because of "where the writing was" at that point. And that Pollockian "structure" and sometimes operatically illogical dialogue from Ed de Blasio wasn't going to get any better in Season 5 (even though there was an additional splash -- albeit suffocated splash -- for Season 5).</p><p></p><p>I missed Fallon#1, but I think her exit was inevitable and, frankly, it's hard to imagine PSM being there in Seasons 5 or 6 (or Season 7). I wish they'd brought her back for Seasons 8 and particularly Season 9 (but Paulsen's desire to re-hire Martin for Season 9 was apparently the only choice by Paulsen that Aaron Spelling stopped before it happened).</p><p></p><p>Martin has said before that the original writers for DYNASTY (Chester Krumholz?) were let go and replaced by "traditional soap writers" (the Pollocks) and that the show morphed from being "a witty satire of the rich-and-famous" into a "lame celebration"... Which is exactly correct.</p><p></p><p>Goddess bless her, but had PSM stayed, the continued deterioration would have happened regardless.. I mean, that's largely why she left! And had she stayed, the producers would likely have never thought to bring in Amanda (which helped keep Season 5 alive, such as it -- and she -- was). </p><p></p><p>As long as the Pollocks were there, they were allowed to overlord everything, and changing staff writers just didn't matter much.</p><p></p><p> <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmYzN2IwZDctM2YxMi00M2QxLWFhNTYtNWRjNWVmZGNhMzRiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzk3NTUwOQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 344px" /> <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTQ2M2IzYWQtNDU1MC00YTQ3LTlhMDMtNzE2NTYwZTljMjE1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzk3NTUwOQ@@._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 386px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 420347, member: 57984"] Yes, the casting choice for Amanda #1 totally worked, and Season 5 made little sense (but a certain chutzpa kept the show afloat, to whatever degree). About two-thirds of the way through Season 5, David Jacobs (DALLAS' and KNOTS' creator) said in an interview that despite the glitz, DYNASTY "is going to have to start focusing on 'story'." About the same time, the DYNASTY brass (according to Doug Cramer, years later) had become concerned that their narrative was too weak (perhaps because of Jacobs' comments in the press?) but there's no sign that anything was done. In fact, Esther had trashed the lack of plot & character development in BERRENGERS in early-1985, and then hired its writer-producer, Dana Gould, to work on Season 6 of DYNASTY later that year (perhaps because Gould was a woman?). And we know how well that turned out (although I don't particularly blame Gould). The Pollocks still ran the show. PSM left after Season 4 because of "where the writing was" at that point. And that Pollockian "structure" and sometimes operatically illogical dialogue from Ed de Blasio wasn't going to get any better in Season 5 (even though there was an additional splash -- albeit suffocated splash -- for Season 5). I missed Fallon#1, but I think her exit was inevitable and, frankly, it's hard to imagine PSM being there in Seasons 5 or 6 (or Season 7). I wish they'd brought her back for Seasons 8 and particularly Season 9 (but Paulsen's desire to re-hire Martin for Season 9 was apparently the only choice by Paulsen that Aaron Spelling stopped before it happened). Martin has said before that the original writers for DYNASTY (Chester Krumholz?) were let go and replaced by "traditional soap writers" (the Pollocks) and that the show morphed from being "a witty satire of the rich-and-famous" into a "lame celebration"... Which is exactly correct. Goddess bless her, but had PSM stayed, the continued deterioration would have happened regardless.. I mean, that's largely why she left! And had she stayed, the producers would likely have never thought to bring in Amanda (which helped keep Season 5 alive, such as it -- and she -- was). As long as the Pollocks were there, they were allowed to overlord everything, and changing staff writers just didn't matter much. [IMG width="344px"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmYzN2IwZDctM2YxMi00M2QxLWFhNTYtNWRjNWVmZGNhMzRiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzk3NTUwOQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="386px"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTQ2M2IzYWQtNDU1MC00YTQ3LTlhMDMtNzE2NTYwZTljMjE1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzk3NTUwOQ@@._V1_.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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