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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 201742" data-attributes="member: 57984">Of course, GUNSMOKE was a four-character series, which is different from a soap with a continuing storyline. But even GUNSMOKE shifted in the mid-&#039;60s to more of a semi-anthology in order to extend the series. And at least Leonard Katzman did a better job producing the last four or five seasons of GUNSMOKE than he did the last few years of DALLAS.<img src="http://www.soapchat.net/attachments/matt_kitty_1950s-jpg.19863/?temp_hash=bafdb826987c9e67cc1b4bade543bc3f" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />As others have said before, the last half of DALLAS saw the show cease to grow creatively. Yes, the show changed but the latter stories saw the show trying to wing it, as opposed to those changes being an expression of growth.Some people want to see JR &quot;win&quot; 24/7, which&nbsp; becomes boring and doesn&#039;t ring true. Yet while I was fine with JR getting a little demoralized around the edges, it didn&#039;t work because the series around him had become increasingly pantomimed.It&#039;s all in the execution.In the closing seasons, the show should have become dustier, darker and more ominous. Instead, they turned it into a sitcom on a ranch... That&#039;s why I liked the autumnal tone of 2012&#039;s nuDALLAS, but not the script details, of course.<img src="http://www.soapchat.net/attachments/sunsetsouthfork-jpg.19862/?temp_hash=bafdb826987c9e67cc1b4bade543bc3f" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 201742, member: 57984"] Of course, GUNSMOKE was a four-character series, which is different from a soap with a continuing storyline. But even GUNSMOKE shifted in the mid-'60s to more of a semi-anthology in order to extend the series. And at least Leonard Katzman did a better job producing the last four or five seasons of GUNSMOKE than he did the last few years of DALLAS. [IMG]http://www.soapchat.net/attachments/matt_kitty_1950s-jpg.19863/?temp_hash=bafdb826987c9e67cc1b4bade543bc3f[/IMG] As others have said before, the last half of DALLAS saw the show cease to grow creatively. Yes, the show changed but the latter stories saw the show trying to wing it, as opposed to those changes being an expression of growth. Some people want to see JR "win" 24/7, which becomes boring and doesn't ring true. Yet while I was fine with JR getting a little demoralized around the edges, it didn't work because the series around him had become increasingly pantomimed. It's all in the execution. In the closing seasons, the show should have become dustier, darker and more ominous. Instead, they turned it into a sitcom on a ranch... That's why I liked the autumnal tone of 2012's nuDALLAS, but not the script details, of course. [IMG]http://www.soapchat.net/attachments/sunsetsouthfork-jpg.19862/?temp_hash=bafdb826987c9e67cc1b4bade543bc3f[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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