Snarky Oracle!
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For a show set in Dallas? What's the message there??
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What's with the name "Oswald Valentine"...?
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Michelle Stevens
'The Lovely Michelle'
He's a lovable assassin with a bow and arrow.
I'm surprised we never met his older brothers Lee and Harvey.
It is an odd name to have as Dealey Plaza is just blocks from where the Ewing Oil building was located (Renaissance Tower).
It is an odd name to have as Dealey Plaza is just blocks from where the Ewing Oil building was located (Renaissance Tower).
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Taylor Bennett Jr.
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a reminder that Kristin was the 'single shooter' responsible for the worldwide phenomenon of 1980!
(with a nod to the great Billy Ray Valentine and his nemesis/buddy Wille Joe Garr... Judge Reinhold must have knocked off the dastardly Jeb Ames)
(with a nod to the great Billy Ray Valentine and his nemesis/buddy Wille Joe Garr... Judge Reinhold must have knocked off the dastardly Jeb Ames)
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Snarky Oracle!
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He's a lovable assassin with a bow and arrow.I'm surprised we never met his older brothers Lee and Harvey.
It is an odd name to have as Dealey Plaza is just blocks from where the Ewing Oil building was located (Renaissance Tower).
Exactly. It's very strange... What was their intention??
James from London
International Treasure
Don't know if makes any difference, but it was Ozwald with a zee, not Oswald with an ess.
Snarky Oracle!
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That's what I thought -- and I changed the thread title to "s" because that's all I could find online -- IMDb, etc...
Taylor Bennett Jr.
Telly Talk Winner
ooh, so a Wizard of Oz tie-in, too!
James from London
International Treasure
Hmm, I wonder where the zee comes from then? Maybe the end credits.
James from London
International Treasure
Completely by chance, I just read something else about the loaded use of the name Oswald in pop culture. I came across it in the comment section of a Stereogum blog about 'Don't Give Up on Us' by David Soul, of all things:
The first Elvis Costello single, “Less Than Zero,” was released on March 25, 1977.
Costello wrote it after seeing noted nationalist Oswald Mosley, the former leader of the British Union of Fascists, interviewed on television trying to normalize his views. Mosley, Costello wrote later, “...seemed unrepentant about his poisonous actions of the 1930s. The song was more of a slandering fantasy than a reasoned argument.”
Mosley’s last name isn’t used in the lyrics, and American audiences had no idea who he was anyway, so they thought the song was about Lee Harvey Oswald. Costello wrote a second set of lyrics, known among fans as the “Dallas version,” to use in America.
The first Elvis Costello single, “Less Than Zero,” was released on March 25, 1977.
Costello wrote it after seeing noted nationalist Oswald Mosley, the former leader of the British Union of Fascists, interviewed on television trying to normalize his views. Mosley, Costello wrote later, “...seemed unrepentant about his poisonous actions of the 1930s. The song was more of a slandering fantasy than a reasoned argument.”
Mosley’s last name isn’t used in the lyrics, and American audiences had no idea who he was anyway, so they thought the song was about Lee Harvey Oswald. Costello wrote a second set of lyrics, known among fans as the “Dallas version,” to use in America.
Toni
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At least he didn´t look blue as he did on "Deep Space 9"...For a show set in Dallas? What's the message there??
