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<blockquote data-quote="Toni" data-source="post: 167739" data-attributes="member: 82">IMO Kennedy was introduced partly because Kercheval wanted to play a more positive version of his Cliff after the reconciliation with Miss Ellie. GK was a big name in the league of supporting actors (which most times is stronger than the one for the leads) and got an Oscar as such for &quot;Cool Hand Luke&quot; (which was spoofed / homaged / tarnished just when he showed up on &quot;Dallas&quot; thru the awful Haleyville storyline and the chain gang...). With a well-thought story and Paulsen-esque dialogues, McKay would have been the last great character on &quot;Dallas&quot;. Without them, he was constantly wasted and playing a caricature of a villain. Hagman had already worked with him before becoming J.R. and I´m sure he knew Kennedy would give much-needed prestige to the fading soap. Instead, they reduced Cliff´s part from Season 11 on, and gave McKay such no-no-notorious characters around him as the mercenaries, FakeWendell, Rose, Tommy, Tracy, Johnny Dancer/Danzig et al. Go figure...
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[QUOTE="Toni, post: 167739, member: 82"] IMO Kennedy was introduced partly because Kercheval wanted to play a more positive version of his Cliff after the reconciliation with Miss Ellie. GK was a big name in the league of supporting actors (which most times is stronger than the one for the leads) and got an Oscar as such for "Cool Hand Luke" (which was spoofed / homaged / tarnished just when he showed up on "Dallas" thru the awful Haleyville storyline and the chain gang...). With a well-thought story and Paulsen-esque dialogues, McKay would have been the last great character on "Dallas". Without them, he was constantly wasted and playing a caricature of a villain. Hagman had already worked with him before becoming J.R. and I´m sure he knew Kennedy would give much-needed prestige to the fading soap. Instead, they reduced Cliff´s part from Season 11 on, and gave McKay such no-no-notorious characters around him as the mercenaries, FakeWendell, Rose, Tommy, Tracy, Johnny Dancer/Danzig et al. Go figure... [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]Z9z0e1Wm64M[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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