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<blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 283419" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>And also one of the (many) reasons for me to tune out. She's the very definition of "soulless" - not to mention mega-irritating.</p><p></p><p>It literally started with the traditional "outsider arrives at the scene of" but apart from that I've watched the first two years including the mini-series as The Lucy Show.</p><p>And then it doesn't take long before JR becomes the main protagonist.</p><p>I don't find Pam as pivotal to the Dallas saga as Valene was to Knots Landing, or Krystle to Dynasty. Consequently, when Krystle was being "sidelined" after season 2 the result seems far more devastating (to use a melodramatic term) than Pam taking a back seat in season 3.</p><p></p><p>But at the end of the day these soaps usually are about esemble casts. I'd be hard-pressed to point out the "focus character" in PEYTON PLACE, FALCON CREST or THE YELLOW ROSE.</p><p>Ironically, I think NuDALLAS did have a focus character</p><p>[ATTACH=full]28890[/ATTACH]</p><p>How could you have missed this? Maybe he wasn't in every storyline (and shouldn't be) but I think he was connected to most characters and storylines, either directly or via-via. Just like daddy in Lorimar DALLAS.</p><p></p><p>As a modern-day DALLAS saga I found it utterly exhilarating, while NuDYNASTY is supeficial, boring or downright unwatchable - and often a combination thereof.</p><p>EMPIRE was the real DYNASTY remake as it brought all the pomposity and wickedness of original DYNASTY into the 21st Century, but with a raw and sympathetic undercurrent that made it relatable enough for the glamorous American prime time soap genre.</p><p>BLOOD & OIL had similar qualities but, alas, it wasn't given the chance to grow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Werewillie Oleson, post: 283419, member: 8"] And also one of the (many) reasons for me to tune out. She's the very definition of "soulless" - not to mention mega-irritating. It literally started with the traditional "outsider arrives at the scene of" but apart from that I've watched the first two years including the mini-series as The Lucy Show. And then it doesn't take long before JR becomes the main protagonist. I don't find Pam as pivotal to the Dallas saga as Valene was to Knots Landing, or Krystle to Dynasty. Consequently, when Krystle was being "sidelined" after season 2 the result seems far more devastating (to use a melodramatic term) than Pam taking a back seat in season 3. But at the end of the day these soaps usually are about esemble casts. I'd be hard-pressed to point out the "focus character" in PEYTON PLACE, FALCON CREST or THE YELLOW ROSE. Ironically, I think NuDALLAS did have a focus character [ATTACH type="full"]28890[/ATTACH] How could you have missed this? Maybe he wasn't in every storyline (and shouldn't be) but I think he was connected to most characters and storylines, either directly or via-via. Just like daddy in Lorimar DALLAS. As a modern-day DALLAS saga I found it utterly exhilarating, while NuDYNASTY is supeficial, boring or downright unwatchable - and often a combination thereof. EMPIRE was the real DYNASTY remake as it brought all the pomposity and wickedness of original DYNASTY into the 21st Century, but with a raw and sympathetic undercurrent that made it relatable enough for the glamorous American prime time soap genre. BLOOD & OIL had similar qualities but, alas, it wasn't given the chance to grow. [/QUOTE]
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