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Dallas - The Original Series
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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 201890" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><u><em>April in Paris</em> (DALLAS, 02 Nov 90) v <em>April Showers</em> (DALLAS, 31 Mar 89)</u></p><p></p><p>It’s an April in Peril double bill! In the first ep, she gets kidnapped. In the second, she gets the crap beaten out of her. In each case, her aggressor is more interesting than she is — whether it's evil pixie Sheila Foley scheming her twisted schemes or sleazy junkie Tommy McKay selling West Star secrets to JR while ogling the centrefold of <em>Boudoir</em> magazine.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soapchat.net/attachments/dallas-335-s14xe01-april-in-paris-november-02-1990-0195-jpg.9144/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzk1NzE0NTMwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzc1OTEyMjE@._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Re-watching<em> April in Paris, </em>I was reminded of Hitchcock’s “bomb under the table” principle, wherein an ordinary conversation between two people is transformed if the audience knows — but the characters don’t — that there is a bomb under the table between them which could go off at any moment. Thus, the mundane becomes suspenseful. Similarly, on first viewing, this episode mostly consists of Bobby and April exchanging feeble jokes and simpering about how beautiful Paris is while a tiny woman with big hair gushes about what a romantic couple they make. But once you know in advance what that tiny woman is up to, the whole thing becomes quite gripping.</p><p></p><p>Both episodes contain a reference to an Audrey Hepburn film without mentioning it by name. "I love that movie!" trills April in<em> ... in Paris </em>when Bobby “jokes” about expecting Hepburn and Cary Grant to appear around every corner (as they do in <em>Charade</em>)<em>.</em> In ... <em>Showers</em>, Cally, on a self-improvement kick, learns to say ‘The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane’ as Hepburn does in “that movie from the TV store” Clayton recommends to her (<em>My Fair Lady</em>). "By George, I think she's got it!" exclaims Clayton, playing Henry Higgins to her Eliza Dolittle.</p><p></p><p>And the winner is ... <em>April in Paris</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>BONUS BEATS:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>[MEDIA=youtube]aza4PUP7xUY[/MEDIA]</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 201890, member: 22"] [U][I]April in Paris[/I] (DALLAS, 02 Nov 90) v [I]April Showers[/I] (DALLAS, 31 Mar 89)[/U] It’s an April in Peril double bill! In the first ep, she gets kidnapped. In the second, she gets the crap beaten out of her. In each case, her aggressor is more interesting than she is — whether it's evil pixie Sheila Foley scheming her twisted schemes or sleazy junkie Tommy McKay selling West Star secrets to JR while ogling the centrefold of [I]Boudoir[/I] magazine. [IMG]http://www.soapchat.net/attachments/dallas-335-s14xe01-april-in-paris-november-02-1990-0195-jpg.9144/[/IMG][IMG]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzk1NzE0NTMwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzc1OTEyMjE@._V1_.jpg[/IMG] Re-watching[I] April in Paris, [/I]I was reminded of Hitchcock’s “bomb under the table” principle, wherein an ordinary conversation between two people is transformed if the audience knows — but the characters don’t — that there is a bomb under the table between them which could go off at any moment. Thus, the mundane becomes suspenseful. Similarly, on first viewing, this episode mostly consists of Bobby and April exchanging feeble jokes and simpering about how beautiful Paris is while a tiny woman with big hair gushes about what a romantic couple they make. But once you know in advance what that tiny woman is up to, the whole thing becomes quite gripping. Both episodes contain a reference to an Audrey Hepburn film without mentioning it by name. "I love that movie!" trills April in[I] ... in Paris [/I]when Bobby “jokes” about expecting Hepburn and Cary Grant to appear around every corner (as they do in [I]Charade[/I])[I].[/I] In ... [I]Showers[/I], Cally, on a self-improvement kick, learns to say ‘The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane’ as Hepburn does in “that movie from the TV store” Clayton recommends to her ([I]My Fair Lady[/I]). "By George, I think she's got it!" exclaims Clayton, playing Henry Higgins to her Eliza Dolittle. And the winner is ... [I]April in Paris [/I] BONUS BEATS: [I] [MEDIA=youtube]aza4PUP7xUY[/MEDIA][/I] [/QUOTE]
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