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<blockquote data-quote="Laurie Marr" data-source="post: 339851" data-attributes="member: 175">Early Pam was the viewer’s representative as she (and we) got to know more about&nbsp; this grotesquely neurotic bunch of millionaires. Principal did that very well and&nbsp; made Pam a very sympathetic character. Her ballsy retorts to the oedipal mess of a family ratcheted up the dramatic tension on numerous memorable occasions. She did that convincingly too.Then she became obsessed with babies and Principal’s&nbsp; vacant screen presence was neither dramatic or convincing. Was this a sign of her limitations as an actor? Or had she embarked on an 18 month sulk at being&nbsp; saddled with a storyline that seemed calculated to disarm Pam? She would be one of an embarrassingly long list of women on the show who went gaga: Ellie, Sue Ellen, Lucy, Jessica, Katherine, Kristin, Sheila Foley etc etc. Principal could be captivating on screen, but she also had a tendency to be shrill and petulant. Her child like attacks of&nbsp; lip trembling sometimes robbed her most emotional&nbsp; scenes of their full dramatic potential. Toward the end of her time on the show, however, she appeared to rein this in. She had developed a restraint and was&nbsp; much less mannered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurie Marr, post: 339851, member: 175"] Early Pam was the viewer’s representative as she (and we) got to know more about this grotesquely neurotic bunch of millionaires. Principal did that very well and made Pam a very sympathetic character. Her ballsy retorts to the oedipal mess of a family ratcheted up the dramatic tension on numerous memorable occasions. She did that convincingly too. Then she became obsessed with babies and Principal’s vacant screen presence was neither dramatic or convincing. Was this a sign of her limitations as an actor? Or had she embarked on an 18 month sulk at being saddled with a storyline that seemed calculated to disarm Pam? She would be one of an embarrassingly long list of women on the show who went gaga: Ellie, Sue Ellen, Lucy, Jessica, Katherine, Kristin, Sheila Foley etc etc. Principal could be captivating on screen, but she also had a tendency to be shrill and petulant. Her child like attacks of lip trembling sometimes robbed her most emotional scenes of their full dramatic potential. Toward the end of her time on the show, however, she appeared to rein this in. She had developed a restraint and was much less mannered. [/QUOTE]

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