Dallas Character Jenna's grief for Bobby

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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Angela Channing said:
I have the opposite view. I never found Priscilla convincing at all, in fact at times I found her acting in the Dream season to be embarrassing and almost painful to watch. As a result I just couldn't buy into her grief -induced mental breakdown at all
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I'm afraid I'm the same, I can't really take Priscilla's acting seriously enough, especially in this season. She get's far too OTT in my opinion, & by season ten she was back to whining & whinging & acting hurt & moody again.

I still believe it was stunt casting getting her on Dallas, just because she was Elvis's widow.

Now if they'd brought back Morgan Fairchild, there was a great actress who really suited the role. :(
 
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Nagod said:
The scenes with Pam and Sue are just insane and incredibly unnatural. Every time I rewatch Dallas, I never find it convincing. Therefore, I can't take Pricilla seriously. I mean, she's not an actress at all. The way she was griefing was a complete failure. Have you ever seen someone who has just lost one of his loved ones acting like her? I remember how challenging was for me to overcome my grandmother's death. Thanks God I went to a special therapy on time. Seriously, I was one step from depression. Anyway, we can't expect too much from a TV series.
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Why are you here if only to criticise? You've literally just signed up.

If you aren't a Dallas fan or find it 'unconvincing', maybe you would be better suited to another forum.

And her name is Sue Ellen.
 
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I for one never had a problem with Priscilla’s acting. I really enjoyed having her on the show. And I even enjoyed the way she played her grief over Bobby in the dream season. To me it was a different side of the character we had never seen before and I liked it. Was it over the top at times? Of course it was but we all handle grief differently and I’ve seen people handle it in a similar fashion to the way Jenna did.
 
the-lost-son

the-lost-son

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I liked (Priscilla Presley‘s) Jenna as Bobby‘s girlfriend. It was a nice change to watch JR getting finally along with one of his sister-in-laws. With Bobby gone, the character seemed lost somehow.

When I watched the dream season I noticed that there is not one single episode which doesn‘t deal/mention/flashback/show Bobby. Every character was somehow effected and mourned.

The five stages of grief are:
  • denial.
  • anger.
  • bargaining.
  • depression.
  • acceptance.
The producers showed a multi-layered mourning process divided among the cast. JR got anger (lashing out at Gary&Ray), Jenna got denial (fitting, the flashback to Lucy‘s 2nd wedding and Bobby‘s doubts was a nice touch).

But Jenna‘s s breakdown didn‘t work for me. I regard her as a really decent actress, but I assume portraying a breakdown convincingly requires outstanding acting abilities only few can deliver.

For example
-BBG showed that in her kitchen meltdown and even more the apology she gave to Donna (my memories are forever -freezeframe).
-Susan Howard with her down syndrome pregnancy
- Victoria Principal when Bobby died
- Linda Grey when she told Bobby about her affair with Cliff or when she found JR and Holly Harwood

Priscilla Presley doesn‘t fall in that same category. That doesn‘t make her bad actress. But honestly I‘m biased - I‘ve watched the naked gun movies before I watched Presley on Dallas. So sometimes I catch myself watching her scenes waiting for Frank Drebin to walk around the corner.
 
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James from London

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the-lost-son said:
there is not one single episode which doesn‘t deal/mention/flashback/show Bobby.
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Actually, Episode 200 aka Close Encounters aka The One With the Rodeo is the first ever episode where Bobby isn't mentioned or referred to.
 
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