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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 185127" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Oh, thanks VF3. I'm really enjoying all our different experiences of watching.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ah. Yes, I can imagine it was a big one. I'd be curious to see what angle the article took, and who the prime suspects were.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a real shame they lost two of their strongest characters at the same time. I know Judy has said it was felt there were "too many single 'nice aunty' types", so I suppose that's the official line. But it doesn't ring true with me.</p><p></p><p>Cornelia in particular had been around since almost the very beginning and Barbara was a very different character to Fiona and Irene (those two did share similarities, but I enjoyed the friendship between all three of them).</p><p></p><p>I agree it's sad to think of them leaving if they didn't want to. And I'd imagine they were popular with the audience. If it wasn't for budgetary reasons, there's no excuse for losing them both. It almost sounds like there's more to the story than we're being told. I'd be interested to know the <em>real</em> politics behind it.</p><p></p><p>Seeing Judy and Cornie in H&A was great fun. Because Morag was basically Summer Bay's Patricia the dynamic was very different between them, as evident from their first scene together:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]83OfXpk76CY[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I imagine it was great fun, too, for the actresses since they were good friends off-screen.</p><p></p><p>Because in the UK we were several years behind with S&D and only a year behind H&A, I seem to remember that in 1989, when Morag and Ailsa met for the first time on UK screens, "new" episodes of S&D still featured Barbara and Irene. So I got to really enjoy and appreciate the contrast in their onscreen relationships.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The first time round I struggled with this pairing because I'd enjoyed Barbara and Gordon so much as a couple. So I'm looking forward to seeing how I feel about that pairing this time round.</p><p></p><p>I agree with you about things coming full circle with Gordon's final relationship on the series. I think perhaps more than any other series, S&D did a great job of giving the audience this kind of closure on a number of different levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 185127, member: 23"] Oh, thanks VF3. I'm really enjoying all our different experiences of watching. Ah. Yes, I can imagine it was a big one. I'd be curious to see what angle the article took, and who the prime suspects were. It's a real shame they lost two of their strongest characters at the same time. I know Judy has said it was felt there were "too many single 'nice aunty' types", so I suppose that's the official line. But it doesn't ring true with me. Cornelia in particular had been around since almost the very beginning and Barbara was a very different character to Fiona and Irene (those two did share similarities, but I enjoyed the friendship between all three of them). I agree it's sad to think of them leaving if they didn't want to. And I'd imagine they were popular with the audience. If it wasn't for budgetary reasons, there's no excuse for losing them both. It almost sounds like there's more to the story than we're being told. I'd be interested to know the [I]real[/I] politics behind it. Seeing Judy and Cornie in H&A was great fun. Because Morag was basically Summer Bay's Patricia the dynamic was very different between them, as evident from their first scene together: [MEDIA=youtube]83OfXpk76CY[/MEDIA] I imagine it was great fun, too, for the actresses since they were good friends off-screen. Because in the UK we were several years behind with S&D and only a year behind H&A, I seem to remember that in 1989, when Morag and Ailsa met for the first time on UK screens, "new" episodes of S&D still featured Barbara and Irene. So I got to really enjoy and appreciate the contrast in their onscreen relationships. The first time round I struggled with this pairing because I'd enjoyed Barbara and Gordon so much as a couple. So I'm looking forward to seeing how I feel about that pairing this time round. I agree with you about things coming full circle with Gordon's final relationship on the series. I think perhaps more than any other series, S&D did a great job of giving the audience this kind of closure on a number of different levels. [/QUOTE]
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