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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing" data-source="post: 360442" data-attributes="member: 64">Victoria Principal was the central character of Dallas.To many that think Larry Hagman's JR was central, well I'm sorry he wasn't, Pam was more the central character than JR ever was!To many Pam embodied the moral compass of being between the Ewing family and the Barnes family.She was the outsider trying to survive within a family who found it hard to get along with her.Eventually she won the trust of both Miss Ellie and Jock Ewing, and there's some lovely performances between Barbara Bel Geddes and Jim Davis as they both realise that Pam isn't a Barnes any longer but a Ewing. Pam was integral to the success of Dallas, when Victoria Principal left the show a crucial part of the series which kept the show grounded in the relationship between the Barnes and Ewing families was gone.Dallas then had to be taken in another direction and with hindsight, I don't think it took the right one.  However, that's not what we're talking about here.  Pam's contribution was to see the Ewing's from the perspective of an outsider trying to fit in with them which is what the character finally managed to achieve before Bobby's Mercedes SL carrying her crashed into that fateful Tanker.Victoria left at the right time and although I love the show very much, it was never as good after she left.   <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH=full]45006[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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