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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 281343" data-attributes="member: 33"><p>Average non-descript scenes were rare in the prime time soap. Every scene exists to move a storyline on so it&#039;s difficult to describe any scene as non-descript. For example, there is a great scene when Ellie and Clayton return from their honeymoon and meet Jamie for the first time. They are all sat in the lounge at Southfork reminiscing about Jason &#039;Tumbleweed&#039; Ewing and Clayton just looks lost as he can&#039;t contribute to the conversation. Every camera shot of him has a shows Jock&#039;s portrait in the background to emphasise that he is an outsider and that his processor still had an imposing presence in the family. Howard Keel brilliantly conveys Clayton discomfort and isolation without saying a single word and it&#039;s a great piece of acting. Although the scene is just about a family talking about someone&#039;s nickname, it&#039;s an important scene which sets up events which ultimately leads to Ellie removing Jock&#039;s portrait so it can&#039;t be described as being &quot;non-descript&quot;.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 281343, member: 33"] Average non-descript scenes were rare in the prime time soap. Every scene exists to move a storyline on so it's difficult to describe any scene as non-descript. For example, there is a great scene when Ellie and Clayton return from their honeymoon and meet Jamie for the first time. They are all sat in the lounge at Southfork reminiscing about Jason 'Tumbleweed' Ewing and Clayton just looks lost as he can't contribute to the conversation. Every camera shot of him has a shows Jock's portrait in the background to emphasise that he is an outsider and that his processor still had an imposing presence in the family. Howard Keel brilliantly conveys Clayton discomfort and isolation without saying a single word and it's a great piece of acting. Although the scene is just about a family talking about someone's nickname, it's an important scene which sets up events which ultimately leads to Ellie removing Jock's portrait so it can't be described as being "non-descript". [/QUOTE]

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