Appreciating Charlie's Angels

Who's your favorite Angel or Angelic trio?

  • Sabrina Duncan (Kate Jackson)

    Votes: 9 19.6%

  • Jill Munroe (Farrah Fawcett)

    Votes: 4 8.7%

  • Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith)

    Votes: 16 34.8%

  • Kris Munroe (Cheryl Ladd)

    Votes: 3 6.5%

  • Tiffany Welles (Shelley Hack)

    Votes: 3 6.5%

  • Julie Rogers (Tanya Roberts)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Season 1 trio (Sabrina, Jill, and Kelly)

    Votes: 16 34.8%

  • Seasons 2 and 3 trio (Sabrina, Kelly, and Kris)

    Votes: 17 37.0%

  • Season 4 trio (Kelly, Kris, and Tiffany)

    Votes: 3 6.5%

  • Season 5 trio (Kelly, Kris, and Julie)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
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It seemed like the the trio (seasons 1-3) were written as as having one combined personality, rather than having three distinct personalities.
Yes, there were some differences, but they were mostly blended into each other.
When Shelly Hack was cast in season 4 as the east cost, more refined one, it didn't work because the writers didn't develop
the contrasts, which could have given the series some interesting dynamics.
Interesting that at the beginning, Kelly was supposedly meant to be more street smart, but it was not Jaclyn Smith's
strength. Kelly was written as more refined which made Tiffany redundant. Maybe a more street wise character was the way to proceed,
and Julie was that to an extent in season 5, but the show had run its course by then. Whatever was planned it just did not work
 
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I did like Tiffany and Shelley. She gave me Lauren Bacall vibes that made the trio even classier to me. I have never watched the Tanya season, though I guess I´ll get to it at some point in the future when my rewatch gets a little faster... The Spanish voice for Tanya was truly awful and childish. However, the first 4 seasons had an extraordinary dubbing work though John Forsythe´s voice was replaced by another actor(s) on "Dynasty".
 
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I did like Tiffany and Shelley. She gave me Lauren Bacall vibes that made the trio even classier to me.
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But in order to pull off a New England sophisticate character, even on CHARLIE'S ANGELS -- especially on CHARLIE'S ANGELS -- you'd have to have a stronger actress.
 
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Time passing has been kind to the show (as has been to "Dallas") through nostalgy and their relevance in pop culture, but I can remember that, in the 70s, the ladies were treated as cover girls and little more. The word actress was hardly used to refer to them. But I´m talking from the POV of Spanish viewers and press, not the kindest with American series. When some of them started doing (highly publicized) movies, then they seemed to "discover" that they were actresses "too": Kate with "Making Love" (it was promoted with TV spots), Jaclyn with "Jackie Kennedy" (which had a shorter version that went straight to theaters) and Cheryl, especially with her singing appearance in a commercial for Catalan cava, the same one that Victoria P. promoted in 1987, just after hitting the road (fast) after exiting "Dallas".

There also was Morgan Fairchild´s "The Seduction" (in Spain "Strange Seduction") that was announced as if it were a pseudo p*rn ("she is being watched", "he wants to be her lover" and other stupid lines). I must confess that I did go to see it to a theater because of the "Flamingo Road" fame, before I saw what a pile of trash the show was... Oh Spaniards were so horny after the dictator´s death...

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