Jenna's Trial

[DallasFanForever]

Also....why was Katherine sat at home wearing the blonde wig when she tore up the newspaper when Jenna got freed....I mean the writers were off their game by this point

Well, she was in hiding after jumping bail so maybe that’s why but you would think she’d take it off while in the house.

 

[Pamela_E]

There are pros and cons with the trial storyline, on the cons we had to watch PBP trying to act - on the pros we had Charlie kidnapped and therefore didn't have her on screen.

I have real problems watching PBP as Jenna, it was all so melancholy and weepy and tedious (not just the court case, but in general) and it showed how bad she was when oncreen with some of the big hitters.

However, I also put this down to the producers/writers, giving PBP plots and story lines that they knew she couldn't carry off convincingly.

Because of her performance and her story lines I really didn't like the character at all, I winced every time she was on screen and the later set up with Ray was just creepy and more like a long episode of The Twilight Zone.

Jenna, as a character had been your all Texas cowgirl before PBP turned up - she was a loose and fun character, then we get all the heartache and heartbreak that was thrown at her and an actress who couldn't handle it.

Also....why was Katherine sat at home wearing the blonde wig when she tore up the newspaper when Jenna got freed....I mean the writers were off their game by this point.

I liked Priscialla but not sure if it was her acting or the writing. I thought she was good in the Naked Gun movie.

But imagine the character played by Morgan Fairchild, she would have been brilliant.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I liked Priscialla but not sure if it was her acting or the writing. I thought she was good in the Naked Gun movie.

But imagine the character played by Morgan Fairchild, she would have been brilliant.

Priscilla seems to be more of a natural with comedy rather than drama.

She's not a bad actor, although I wouldn't say she was a great actor either!

It's such a shame Morgan Fairchild couldn't reprise the role. I've subsequently discovered that this was because she couldn't get along with one of the regular cast members & there was a friction there! A shame.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I liked Priscialla but not sure if it was her acting or the writing. I thought she was good in the Naked Gun movie.

But imagine the character played by Morgan Fairchild, she would have been brilliant.

the Naked Gun character seemed like a gag based on her wooden acting, which worked well. I agree Morgan Fairchild would have been fantastic!

 

[DallasFanForever]

Priscilla was terrific at comedy. When I heard she was doing those Naked Gun movies I was skeptical. She just didn’t seem like the comedy type but she was really good!

On Dallas I thought she was fine. Of course she wasn’t a great actress but I never felt she was bad either. And I loved having her on the show.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Well, she was in hiding after jumping bail so maybe that’s why but you would think she’d take it off while in the house.

She was also mentally unhinged, so there's that. Maybe she wasn't even aware she was still wearing it. It could be somewhat similar to Catherine Deneuve's character in Repulsion ironing, meanwhile the iron isn't even plugged into the wall.
Am I giving the writers too much credit?

 

[DallasFanForever]

She was also mentally unhinged, so there's that. Maybe she wasn't even aware she was still wearing it. It could be somewhat similar to Catherine Deneuve's character in Repulsion ironing, meanwhile the iron isn't even plugged into the wall.
Am I giving the writers too much credit?

Or maybe they just gave her a blonde wig to throw us all off the trail so we would never guess it was Katherine and we’re looking into it too much LOL

 

[Pamela_E]

Priscilla seems to be more of a natural with comedy rather than drama.

She's not a bad actor, although I wouldn't say she was a great actor either!

It's such a shame Morgan Fairchild couldn't reprise the role. I've subsequently discovered that this was because she couldn't get along with one of the regular cast members & there was a friction there! A shame.

who didnt she get on with?

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

he Naked Gun character seemed like a gag based on her wooden acting, which worked well.

That's it exactly: her stilted delivery sounded deliberate in the NAKED GUN films, so it worked.

The only problem with Morgan Fairchild's Jenna was that she was much too assertive for the later, smugger Bobby to have tolerated.

 

[DallasFanForever]

The only problem with Morgan Fairchild's Jenna was that she was much too assertive for the later, smugger Bobby to have tolerated

I felt that the Francine Tacker Jenna would’ve gotten along with Bobby very well. There seemed to be some good chemistry there.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

who didnt she get on with?

Apparently it was Victoria Principal.

 

[Matthew Blaisdel]

But then to me that sounds even more like the perfect reason to play the part of Jenna!

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Or maybe they just gave her a blonde wig to throw us all off the trail so we would never guess it was Katherine and we’re looking into it too much LOL

Well....that's a radical theory, but it's possible.

 

[Karin]

I don't get why people keep wishing that Morgan would have reprised the Jenna role?

I mean Priscilla made that role her own. It is not the same as when Morgan portrayed her. They had totally different styles. Priscilla's Jenna was more of a southern lady while Morgan's Jenna came across more like a gold digger. I also think that Francine's Jenna worked as a bridge between the first and the last Jenna.

I also think Priscilla is a much better actress than she gets credit for on this board. I have seen her live on stage in a panto and she was brilliant! :dance1:

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Presley's thespianic limitations were offset somewhat by her likeability.

 

[Matthew Blaisdel]

Yes, that's it! She was an eye candy and quite adorable. She clearly wasn't the most capable actress, but i really liked her as Jenna and for me she's the one and only Jenna.
Plus.. THAT surname! :elvis:

 

[cws]

Yes, that's it! She was an eye candy and quite adorable. She clearly wasn't the most capable actress, but i really liked her as Jenna and for me she's the one and only Jenna.
Plus.. THAT surname! :elvis:

Absolutely agree!! I always thought they hired her because of her name.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I have trouble suspending disbelief with Priscilla too often - it sounds like she’s reciting her lines and trying to emote. I hear someone trying to act, not the character speaking.

 

[Pamela_E]

Absolutely agree!! I always thought they hired her because of her name.

Well it wasn't for anything else.

 

[cws]

Well it wasn't for anything else.

Too funny.. I still remember my mother telling me that was the reason and I was either 9 or 10 at the time.