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<blockquote data-quote="Toni" data-source="post: 158186" data-attributes="member: 82">Slightly off-topic, but once again, the &quot;Dallas&quot; Dream Solution has been mentioned very recently during the promotion of one of Netflix´s most amazing shows, &quot;The OA&quot;:&quot;While the classic ‘it was all a dream’ get-out would be inconceivable for any other drama, you could argue that it would work for The OA. Like a dream, often the plot isn’t the most significant thing about the series – it’s the surrealist visuals that tend to take centre stage.However, this probably won’t be a twist we should expect, judging by (The OA´s star Jason) Isaacs’ reaction.“Yeah, I’ve heard of that theory,” he says. “I think to do the ‘I woke up, it was just a dream’ or ‘Bobby Ewing steps out the shower’ is not necessarily the most inspired or original form of storytelling.”In other words, we can safely rule this out.&quot;<a href="https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-03-21/the-oa-season-2-fan-theories-cast-react-jason-isaacs-netflix/" target="_blank">https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-03-21/the-oa-season-2-fan-theories-cast-react-jason-isaacs-netflix/</a>This has just made me think if &quot;Dallas&quot;, in an alternate universe, had had no Dream Season and no Bobby´s return, and (obviously) had ended one or two years after that, then would it be the show we all here love and adore, and others continuously reference, spoof and / or criticise (mostly without having watched it)?In other words, would &quot;Dallas&quot; be today so popular without all the defaults and problems it had after Patrick Duffy´s departure? Would it have strangely become in hindsight &quot;the only serious drama&quot; from the 80´s?&nbsp; Or maybe it would be mentioned as the trendsetter for all the other (and crazier) supersoaps? Just a thought...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Toni, post: 158186, member: 82"] Slightly off-topic, but once again, the "Dallas" Dream Solution has been mentioned very recently during the promotion of one of Netflix´s most amazing shows, "The OA": "While the classic ‘it was all a dream’ get-out would be inconceivable for any other drama, you could argue that it would work for The OA. Like a dream, often the plot isn’t the most significant thing about the series – it’s the surrealist visuals that tend to take centre stage. However, this probably won’t be a twist we should expect, judging by (The OA´s star Jason) Isaacs’ reaction. “Yeah, I’ve heard of that theory,” he says.[B] “I think to do the ‘I woke up, it was just a dream’ or ‘Bobby Ewing steps out the shower’ is not necessarily the most inspired or original form of storytelling.”[/B] In other words, we can safely rule this out." [URL]https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-03-21/the-oa-season-2-fan-theories-cast-react-jason-isaacs-netflix/[/URL] This has just made me think if "Dallas", in an alternate universe, had had no Dream Season and no Bobby´s return, and (obviously) had ended one or two years after that, then would it be the show we all here love and adore, and others continuously reference, spoof and / or criticise (mostly without having watched it)? In other words, would "Dallas" be today so popular without all the defaults and problems it had after Patrick Duffy´s departure? Would it have strangely become in hindsight "the only serious drama" from the 80´s? Or maybe it would be mentioned as the trendsetter for all the other (and crazier) supersoaps? Just a thought... [/QUOTE]

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