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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 328853" data-attributes="member: 27">I find myself rooting for both Grayson Hall and Jonathan Frid, not because I like their characters (though I do), but because I feel kind of sad for them having to prop up some pretty crazy plotlines and attempt to keep a straight face as they plow through.&nbsp; They are determined to make this stuff work, and you will be entertained, damn it!Frid as Barnabas sometimes reminds me of some minor royal family member who has shown up at a supermarket opening or something equally degrading, desperately trying to maintain his dignity even as he&#039;s operating the giant, glittery scissors to cut the ribbon.&nbsp; Hall is a riot, even when Julia is at her most serious; once Julia fell for Barn and stopped trying to expose him, she lost any seriousness/agency she might have had.&nbsp; She might have been dressing like Mrs. Doubtfire&#039;s frumpy sister, but at her heart she was just as much a Barnabas Groupie as the other girls in town.&nbsp; Clarice Blackburn&#039;s characters on the series always provided extra &quot;color&quot; to the plotlines without her actually stealing too much spotlight from the leads.&nbsp; Those types of characters are sorely lacking on modern soaps, where penny-pinching producers think they are unnecessary expenses.&nbsp; I wonder if the DS writers were in on the joke when they named Mrs. Johnson&#039;s ne&#039;er-do-well son &quot;Harry,&quot; because DS never struck me as the type to do D-jokes (intentionally, at least).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 328853, member: 27"] I find myself rooting for both Grayson Hall and Jonathan Frid, not because I like their characters (though I do), but because I feel kind of sad for them having to prop up some pretty crazy plotlines and attempt to keep a straight face as they plow through. They are determined to make this stuff work, and you [B][I]will[/I][/B] be entertained, damn it! Frid as Barnabas sometimes reminds me of some minor royal family member who has shown up at a supermarket opening or something equally degrading, desperately trying to maintain his dignity even as he's operating the giant, glittery scissors to cut the ribbon. Hall is a riot, even when Julia is at her most serious; once Julia fell for Barn and stopped trying to expose him, she lost any seriousness/agency she might have had. She might have been dressing like Mrs. Doubtfire's frumpy sister, but at her heart she was just as much a Barnabas Groupie as the other girls in town. Clarice Blackburn's characters on the series always provided extra "color" to the plotlines without her actually stealing too much spotlight from the leads. Those types of characters are sorely lacking on modern soaps, where penny-pinching producers think they are unnecessary expenses. I wonder if the DS writers were in on the joke when they named Mrs. Johnson's ne'er-do-well son "Harry," because DS never struck me as the type to do D-jokes (intentionally, at least). [/QUOTE]

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