Memories of Teresa & her best scene on Dallas

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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As a tribute thread to the lovely Roseanna Christiansen Rizzo who passed away recently, what do you think was her best scene in the show.

One that sticks in my mind is that someone asks her if she's seen Sue Ellen and she says yes but she grabbed something from a drawer and then left. I think this is before the shooting of JR.

What are your memories of Teresa and what do you think was her best scene? :)

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tommie

tommie

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I know it's a bit of a joke, but I've said before that instead of trying to constantly bring in new long-lost family members, an alternative would've been to expand the staffers' role on Southfork and Ewing Oil a bit. Maybe not into full opening credits-mode, but I could've seen someone like Teresa being useful as occasional "talk-to" character for someone like Miss Ellie.

A lot of these people were familiar with the viewers without being fleshed out in the sense that they couldn't do whatever they wanted with them.
 
Lastkidpicked

Lastkidpicked

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If you would like a Texas perspective on Theresa and Raul, along with Callie and others, here it is:

In Dallas (the city) we take great pride in the fact that we don't judge people based on wealth, or the lack of it.

You can go to a gas station, and a brand new Suburban can be parked next to an old pickup. And you'll see the two drivers get along just fine.

We say this all the time, and I'm sure you have seen it as well--

If you want to know a person, watch how they treat the waitstaff.

Love them or hate them, the Ewings always treat the waitstaff with respect. And that means a lot around here.
 
Laurie!

Laurie!

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Lastkidpicked said:
If you want to know a person, watch how they treat the waitstaff.
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I appreciate the sentiment of your post but that statement implies the "waitstaff" aren't people too.
If someone needs to highlight when they're kind to another, chances are they weren't being genuinely kind.

As for Theresa's best scene....there weren't any. She wasn't given a morsel of script to work with. She just had sort of a je ne sais quoi screen presence that made her memorable to me.
 
CeeCee72

CeeCee72

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I remember in Season 10 (DVD) when John Ross and Christopher were playing ball in the house and broke a vase.

Sue Ellen and Pam were AGHAST!

And ordered the boys to go get Teresa to "clean up this mess!"
 
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