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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Eyes of Laurie Marr" data-source="post: 350823" data-attributes="member: 175">Even more egregious is the idea that a ‘woman’s show’ was in some way a template drawn from that extraordinary run of ‘woman’s’ films from the 40s. Davis, Crawford , Stanwick et. al. ploughed through a succession of films where the plots and characterisations were not retreads of some rather tired stereotypes.Douglas Sirk’s films (often derided as ‘soapy’) are much more ambivalent in this respect. Dynasty tried to style its appeal on recapturing the magic of classic Hollywood cinema. I have never been sure what tradition it was paying tribute to.</blockquote>