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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 143480" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>Both shows are better when they had a melancholy tone. <em>Melancholy</em> simply is reality, and both DALLAS and DYNASTY worked best when they were character-based and a bit tragic, like life itself.</p><p></p><p>So my desires for each show were similar. The glamour thing and the bitchy barbs and the cat fights of DYNASTY were just fine when they occurred in an atmosphere of relative plausibility. Same thing for DALLAS.</p><p></p><p>Yes, DYNASTY could get away with pop-culture references, twentieth century political gossip, an outward-looking jet-setting looseness, and artistic experimentation. While DALLAS needed to be a wee bit more structured, parochial and inward-looking.</p><p></p><p>So their tones needn't be identical.</p><p></p><p>We've discussed many times how and when both series fell short. Glitzy DYNASTY worked best when focused on a poetic Krystle and a sociopathic Alexis, the show haunted by its past. Rustic DALLAS worked best when JR seemed determined to lead his doomed family into Hell, the show haunted more by its present.</p><p></p><p>But a strong plotline always helps any show stay on track. Without it, everything seems like a silly contrivance, more soap than opera.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1d/d3/63/1dd363dd8f29fcc0890695c8447b9ad8--dallas-vs-dallas-texas.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://d919ce141ef35c47fc40-b9166a60eccf0f83d2d9c63fa65b9129.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/images/177997.max-620x600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.cjOfcLe8tM-NZ2sUCVzPPQHaFT&pid=Api&w=975&h=698&rs=1&p=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 143480, member: 57984"] Both shows are better when they had a melancholy tone. [I]Melancholy[/I] simply is reality, and both DALLAS and DYNASTY worked best when they were character-based and a bit tragic, like life itself. So my desires for each show were similar. The glamour thing and the bitchy barbs and the cat fights of DYNASTY were just fine when they occurred in an atmosphere of relative plausibility. Same thing for DALLAS. Yes, DYNASTY could get away with pop-culture references, twentieth century political gossip, an outward-looking jet-setting looseness, and artistic experimentation. While DALLAS needed to be a wee bit more structured, parochial and inward-looking. So their tones needn't be identical. We've discussed many times how and when both series fell short. Glitzy DYNASTY worked best when focused on a poetic Krystle and a sociopathic Alexis, the show haunted by its past. Rustic DALLAS worked best when JR seemed determined to lead his doomed family into Hell, the show haunted more by its present. But a strong plotline always helps any show stay on track. Without it, everything seems like a silly contrivance, more soap than opera. [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1d/d3/63/1dd363dd8f29fcc0890695c8447b9ad8--dallas-vs-dallas-texas.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://d919ce141ef35c47fc40-b9166a60eccf0f83d2d9c63fa65b9129.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/images/177997.max-620x600.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.cjOfcLe8tM-NZ2sUCVzPPQHaFT&pid=Api&w=975&h=698&rs=1&p=0[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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