Snarky Oracle!
Telly Talk Supreme
Which is exactly what I said: "One can't discount their early contributions to DYNASTY without discounting how they shaped Alexis"
So you're assuming they did?
Which is exactly what I said: "One can't discount their early contributions to DYNASTY without discounting how they shaped Alexis"
So you're assuming they did?
Esther says a lot of things, including calling the Pollocks "brilliant constructionists" when they weren't. Lakin dismissing them as not really being writers seems more accurate.Both they and Esther Shapiro have said so in interviews (and nobody has ever said otherwise), so yes.
Esther says a lot of things, including calling the Pollocks "brilliant constructionists" when they weren't. Lakin dismissing them as not really being writers seems more accurate.
So if the Pollocks were allegedly so good, why did their work drop like a rock in their second year and never recover? (Which is why I sometimes toss in the point about Ledding).
Well, it indeed got even worse, it's true. But the logic and narrative flow started to collapse as early as Season 3.I don't think season three is bad narrative-wise
Yes Howard is Rita’s son.
She got him a writing job on Flamingo Road in a great example of nepotism
Actually, they were executive story consultants in season 5 (minus the first 4 episodes that they missed before Esther Shapiro called them back) and from season 6 to season 8 they were executive producers (even though their primary task was still the same - being consulted by the seasonal producer in charge of the writing). They were also executive producers on "The Colbys".
- Do you know why the Pollocks missed 4 episodes? Did they left the show?
while they introduced their surprise plotting again in instances such as Sammy Jo being the culprit for the photographs sent to Blake and Krystle.
Kristen.So who was the culprit according to Marchettas original outline?
They had left the show in season 5 (and never came back as head writers--they were given a different title), and Esther Shapiro called them back because Spelling and Cramer thought Marchetta was not able to "pull Dynasty the way they did." (...)
Thanks for your answer ...
- so they first fired then and a little later they hired them again? How do know that Spelling and Cramer thought Marchetta was not able to do it "the right way"?
(...) Marchetta has said the Pollocks were called back because the producers diagnosed something was missing and the Pollocks came back to offer, per Marchetta, "their inimitable magic." (....)
- Where can I find the interview?
According to imdb Rita Lakin was a writer of the last 10 episodes of season 7 and Laurence Heath wrote all 28 episodes of this season. It was really a bad time for Dynasty.
(...) Marchetta has said the Pollocks were called back because the producers diagnosed something was missing and the Pollocks came back to offer, per Marchetta, "their inimitable magic." (...)
Laurence Heath wrote all 28 episodes of this season. It was really a bad time for Dynasty.