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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 113469" data-attributes="member: 8">I think it&#039;s possible to enjoy playing a dastardly character, and actors should be able to play psychopaths convincingly.A loving mother? Fiercely protective of her children? I never saw that on the show, besides, a real mother could never kill someone else&#039;s child (in essence, this would end the argument altogether, but that wouldn&#039;t be much fun).Ironically, I found Alexis the most menacing when she was being nice because sooner or later she&#039;d take advantage of the fact that they believed her.What&#039;s more ironic is the fact that, in her own delusional way (like many of these soap villains) Alexis thought she was the righteous one*.And that seems to coincide with JC&#039;s depiction of the Alexis character. It&#039;s just so bizarre.Not saying that she didn&#039;t have reasons to hate her ex-husband - then again, was that about the injustice or the fact that the man she (used to) love rejected and banished her?In other words: her narcissistic personality?*unless she didn&#039;t, and wanted everyone to believe that&#039;s how she felt. This would cause the others to question (and therefore underestimate) her intelligence. The result of that is that they could interpret her wrongdoings as a form of stupidity rather than pure wickedness.Having your enemies believe that they&#039;re smarter than you is a very effective way of manipulation.But I honestly don&#039;t think DYNASTY was that smart.Also, by claiming that Alexis was a fabulous, vengeful powerhouse with a heart of gold, it&#039;s basically &quot;have your cake and eat it&quot;. And who needs a non-powerhouse heroine like Krystle?No, Joan, Alexis wasn&#039;t the wronged heroine, KRYSTLE was. Wronged by your evil character &quot;Alexis&quot;.Nicolette has never seen Joan Collins playing Alexis? Was that even possible in those days?Or is she just another actress claiming &quot;oh I&#039;m not influenced by the original portrayal at all, My Alexis is completely my character, 100% original!)These interviews are total bullsh*t.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 113469, member: 8"] I think it's possible to enjoy playing a dastardly character, and actors should be able to play psychopaths convincingly. A loving mother? Fiercely protective of her children? I never saw that on the show, besides, a [I]real mother[/I] could never kill someone else's child (in essence, this would end the argument altogether, but that wouldn't be much fun). Ironically, I found Alexis the most menacing when she was being nice because sooner or later she'd take advantage of the fact that they believed her. What's more ironic is the fact that, in her own delusional way (like many of these soap villains) Alexis thought she [I]was[/I] the righteous one*. And that seems to coincide with JC's depiction of the Alexis character. It's just so bizarre. Not saying that she didn't have reasons to hate her ex-husband - then again, was that about the injustice or the fact that the man she (used to) love rejected and banished her? In other words: her narcissistic personality? *unless she [I]didn't[/I], and wanted everyone to [I]believe[/I] that's how she felt. This would cause the others to question (and therefore underestimate) her intelligence. The result of [I]that[/I] is that they could interpret her wrongdoings as a form of stupidity rather than pure wickedness. Having your enemies believe that they're smarter than you is a very effective way of manipulation. But I honestly don't think DYNASTY was [I]that[/I] smart. Also, by claiming that Alexis was a fabulous, vengeful powerhouse with a heart of gold, it's basically "have your cake and eat it". And who needs a non-powerhouse heroine like Krystle? No, Joan, Alexis wasn't the wronged heroine, KRYSTLE was. Wronged by your evil character "Alexis". Nicolette has [I]never[/I] seen Joan Collins playing Alexis? Was that even possible in those days? Or is she just another actress claiming "oh I'm not influenced by the original portrayal at all, My Alexis is completely [I]my[/I] character, 100% original!) These interviews are total bullsh*t. [/QUOTE]

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