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Dallas - The Original Series
The Letter & other plots that kept us waiting.
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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 226029" data-attributes="member: 102"><p>That's one way of looking at it. Mandy modeling lingerie was something they did in the last season with her, but it wasn't integral to the character. In seasons eight and nine she didn't do that. At the push of a pen, the writers could have done a number of different things with Mandy instead of going with that particular decision. I guess that makes the whole thing a certain type of fantasy, doesn't it? It's fiction. What they could have written for the character was only limited by their imaginations.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, where they took the character of Mandy in season 10 was not to their advantage. I don't think they did themselves any favors letting Deborah Shelton go after season 10. When they already knew one of the two best looking actresses on the show was leaving after season ten, to let the other go was not exactly brilliant on their part. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not looking to start a "game" of any type, "blame" or otherwise. I can't speak for anyone else. When a marriage fails there is fault on both sides. There may be the occasional exception to that, but not in JR and Sue Ellen's marriage. They became a brutally dysfunctional couple as the series progressed. I guess there's some entertainment value to showing that for a while, but when they started dragging it onwards into seasons eight, nine and ten, it got repetitive. </p><p></p><p>They could have done something to give the fans something new, whether it was making JR and Sue Ellen fix the problems in their marriage or having them divorce for the second time and then have the two of them move forward in positive directions in their lives. Mandy, depending upon how the character was written, marrying JR could have been a positive direction for the show. They decided to go the comedy route, which doesn't work well for a show like Dallas. The ratings indicate the fans were not pleased with the direction the show took. From the script writing right down to the casting decisions on the part of the show in their later years, the whole thing became a comedy of errors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 226029, member: 102"] That's one way of looking at it. Mandy modeling lingerie was something they did in the last season with her, but it wasn't integral to the character. In seasons eight and nine she didn't do that. At the push of a pen, the writers could have done a number of different things with Mandy instead of going with that particular decision. I guess that makes the whole thing a certain type of fantasy, doesn't it? It's fiction. What they could have written for the character was only limited by their imaginations. In my opinion, where they took the character of Mandy in season 10 was not to their advantage. I don't think they did themselves any favors letting Deborah Shelton go after season 10. When they already knew one of the two best looking actresses on the show was leaving after season ten, to let the other go was not exactly brilliant on their part. I'm not looking to start a "game" of any type, "blame" or otherwise. I can't speak for anyone else. When a marriage fails there is fault on both sides. There may be the occasional exception to that, but not in JR and Sue Ellen's marriage. They became a brutally dysfunctional couple as the series progressed. I guess there's some entertainment value to showing that for a while, but when they started dragging it onwards into seasons eight, nine and ten, it got repetitive. They could have done something to give the fans something new, whether it was making JR and Sue Ellen fix the problems in their marriage or having them divorce for the second time and then have the two of them move forward in positive directions in their lives. Mandy, depending upon how the character was written, marrying JR could have been a positive direction for the show. They decided to go the comedy route, which doesn't work well for a show like Dallas. The ratings indicate the fans were not pleased with the direction the show took. From the script writing right down to the casting decisions on the part of the show in their later years, the whole thing became a comedy of errors. [/QUOTE]
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