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Interesting clip from 1986 of John Forsythe discussing some of the issues raised here.
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- yes, I think because of Al who interviewed them this were the most honest interviews the stars gave in such a documentary.
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I think knowing it was not intended for a US audience, they would also be freer with opinions.
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I agree. But not thinking ABC would come down on them (had it been broadcast in the US ) had to affect the easy-going nature of the interviews too. I can't explain it but having moved from there to Europe, you can see the stranglehold that the US places on a lot of cultural things. Not that Dynasty was high art but certainly it was as mainstream as television could get in the time frame.
I read thia as "AI" and immediately thought "huh? this was YEARS before artifical intelligence" lol
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I found it interesting that Al didn't interview Pamela Bellwood, when he did interview Bo Hopkins, as well as Maxwell Caulfield (who he was in the Reunion with). In fact the idea, came from after filming the Reunion. Al had a German wife, and with Dynasty being so popular in Denver as The Denver Clan I guess it was an easy sell.
Very strange intercutting though. Al goes to England to meet Max Caulfield, and then cut to the teamster who says he didn't like Max because he wasn't nice to the drivers, and then cut back to Max's interview!
Very strange intercutting though. Al goes to England to meet Max Caulfield, and then cut to the teamster who says he didn't like Max because he wasn't nice to the drivers, and then cut back to Max's interview!
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I think he had to limit the interviews (after all it´s all about money) so he didn´t interview Bellwood.
It´s good that he went to Maxwell so we saw that someone of the spinoff thought this show was build up to replace Dynasty!
Like the driver a lot of people seemed to annoyed of Maxwell´s ego show.
It´s good that he went to Maxwell so we saw that someone of the spinoff thought this show was build up to replace Dynasty!
Like the driver a lot of people seemed to annoyed of Maxwell´s ego show.
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When THE COLBYS started, Stephanie Beacham made the conscious decision not to maternally touch Max (unless the director demanded it) because she realized he'd interpret it as something salacious.
In fact, she was in the make-up chair or something when she first "met" Caulfield, who came to the door with a pal, pointed at Beacham and laughed, "And that's going to be my mother!", and walked off.
I'm sure he was charming. And he seems to know he was.
"My lust for you, darling, is really quite immeasurable..."
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Esther Shapiro said, circa 1987, that "it's hard to get good scripts!" (although she seemed to respect Paul Huson's writing).
But then she continued to turn over control of DYNASTY every season to that cow, Eileen Pollock.
But then she continued to turn over control of DYNASTY every season to that cow, Eileen Pollock.
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It's not. There are too many quality shows that have proven it can be done.
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Apparently not. ^^