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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ms Southworth" data-source="post: 80660" data-attributes="member: 312">First of all, let's define what "Dallas" is all about!!!  "Dallas" revolves around the Ewing family, Ewing Oil, and Southfork. Due to the history of Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes, JR Ewing and Cliff Barnes as the sworn business enemies, and especially the marriage between Jock's son and Digger's daughter, the Barnes family is also very central to the storyline of "Dallas".Main characters are the ones who are of the most importance in the storyline. They are the ones who do the most to support the plot. And most of the action should follow the main characters.I support Wikipedia's definition of supporting character, so I might as well just use a quote:"A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not focused on by the primar storyline, but appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo appearance. Sometimes, supporting characters may develop a complex back-story of their own, but this is usually in relation to the main character, rather than entirely independently."As far as "Dallas" goes, these are the 17 main characters, IMO:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clayton and Ellie</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">JR, Sue Ellen, and John Ross</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lucy and Mitch</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bobby, Pam, Christopher, and Rebecca</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ray, Donna and Margaret</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cliff, Afton and Becky</li> </ul>In my opinion, the supporting characters are ... well, the rest ... ... at different levels though!As far as Jenna Wade goes, she was a main character when she was dating or engaged to Bobby, IMO. Then she changed to back to the supporting character she was in season 1-5. She was also a main character when she married Ray. However, both Ray and Jenna became supporting characters when they moved to Europe.Things changed, when Ray chose to go to Southfork for a visit. At this point, Ray as well as Donna and Margaret became main characters again, and Jenna became a supporting character. Thus, as far as I'm concerned, there was no need to follow Jenna's whereabouts so closely, not unless she is in direct "contact" with Ray.As far as Charlie, Randy, and Lucas goes, they fall out of category! They don't have any connection to the central storyline of "Dallas", so they're irrelevant to follow, IMO.Lucas may become a main character, if he begins to see Bobby on a regular basis, but his mom and half-sister don't become main characters at such a time, because they aren't relevant to the main storyline in "Dallas".Should Donna decide to go back to Washington, she would become a supporting character again.As far as Afton and Becky goes, they have become main characters for different reasons. Afton has become a main character, because (1) she was together with Cliff for many years; (2) she is the mother of Cliff's daughter; and most importantly (3) Cliff is seeking to hook up with her again, because he's realized what he missed out on! Becky has become a main character, because she is in the process of establishing a father/daughter relationship with her dad, whom happens to be a main character. Thus, it is relevant to follow Cliff and Becky, as their relationship grows.Let me know what your thoughts are after reading my take in things, [USER=18]@Karin Schill[/USER]!</blockquote>

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