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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 347962" data-attributes="member: 57984">Yes, as unlikeable as Guzzler could be, I much prefer to have established (well, semi-established) characters make return appearances because it just solidifies the backstory somehow, the latticework legacy of the program&#039;s narrative.Sure, newer characters are necessary, but tend to be over-introduced in the later seasons of a program to &quot;bring in the kids&quot; (which never really works anyway).Matt Cantrell was a mid-&#039;80s boytoy &quot;flip&quot; of the Guzzler character and a transparently goofy one which didn&#039;t work at all.And, interestingly, some time ago when I was reviewing DALLAS via my DVD collection (I eventually stopped, as the &quot;check you disc for scratches&quot; thing began driving me crazy, which only [USER=26]@Matthew Blaisdel[/USER] has ever explained to my satisfaction, the double-sided issue) I noticed Guzzler&#039;s speech near the end of the episode was rather unexpectedly touching. Before, I&#039;d never paid that much attention to it -- not because I was younger, I don&#039;t think, but because it just didn&#039;t really register on me until later on. (I probably had shrugged the speech off as the self-involved ramblings of a hustler -- and to a degree they are -- but the probable Everyman reality behind it struck me anew). Then, another poster chimed in to make almost exactly the same point about Guzzler&#039;s speech. But being an aficionado of eerie karma doesn&#039;t prevent repercussions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 347962, member: 57984"] Yes, as unlikeable as Guzzler could be, I much prefer to have established (well, semi-established) characters make return appearances because it just solidifies the backstory somehow, the latticework legacy of the program's narrative. Sure, newer characters are necessary, but tend to be over-introduced in the later seasons of a program to "bring in the kids" (which never really works anyway). Matt Cantrell was a mid-'80s boytoy "flip" of the Guzzler character and a transparently goofy one which didn't work at all. And, interestingly, some time ago when I was reviewing DALLAS via my DVD collection (I eventually stopped, as the "check you disc for scratches" thing began driving me crazy, which only [USER=26]@Matthew Blaisdel[/USER] has ever explained to my satisfaction, the double-sided issue) I noticed Guzzler's speech near the end of the episode was rather unexpectedly touching. Before, I'd never paid that much attention to it -- not because I was younger, I don't think, but because it just didn't really register on me until later on. (I probably had shrugged the speech off as the self-involved ramblings of a hustler -- and to a degree they are -- but the probable Everyman reality behind it struck me anew). Then, another poster chimed in to make almost exactly the same point about Guzzler's speech. But being an aficionado of eerie karma doesn't prevent repercussions. [/QUOTE]

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