DRW50
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Here's an article on that. http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dangerous-mission-rescue-children-colombias-sex-trafficking/story?id=26185510 Speaking of Laurie, apparently some fans thought there was a Walker Andrea in the premiere. http://comicbook.com/2014/10/14/was-that-walker-andrea-in-the-walking-dead-season-5-premiere-/
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I was mostly thinking of the period in season 2 when she was sitting around taking care of Leo while Bobby was playing junior exec. It probably wasn't that long, it just seemed like forever to me. I do think Shelly deserved better than Bobby - I tend to see them as people who probably got together and split up (more than) a few times, and will never fully be apart, but I think she would eventually move on. But I did love them together. Sherilyn and Dana had fun chemistry together. The writing was a little forced at times, although I can write that off as Audrey forcing herself into a flip persona she wasn't feeling by that point, but they did work well together amidst all that pine weasel mess. I wish we'd seen more of them becoming friends of a sort.
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I think this is it. On the one hand she was something of a victim, but she was never defined by that. There's a certain humor and spark in her in spite of the struggles she's had in life. Like her early relationship with Bobby. It could have been seen as a pathetic, sad getaway for a woman trapped in an abusive marriage. Instead it was genuinely fun and sexy. Scenes like her sexually teasing with the gun she planned to use to kill Leo in self-defense - they straddled the line. The other thing that isn't remarked upon very often is that Shelly was probably the only woman on the show who was sexually active in a way that was satisfying for her and presented as arousing. You had Josie, who had some hot scenes, but by season 2 she was ultimately presented as a tragic character. Shelly was ground down in season 2, but she was never completely tragic. She wasn't consumed. Contrasting her with Laura, whose sexuality was used to show that she was damned, or Audrey, who was, underneath, a sad girl trying to be a woman, Shelly was much more of a complete sexual being. And her scenes with Bobby were scorching hot. They just were. You almost feel uncomfortable watching them in those moments. Yet the scenes weren't just a frustrated woman and a horny high schooler. You could believe genuine love between them, even when Bobby began to treat her like trash. Shelly was also a character you could throw anything at. Madchen could play it. For instance, her flirtation with Gordon Cole, which was obviously filler, like much of the back half of season 2, but which was great fun to watch, so sweet and simple and not forced. And her scenes at the diner, which Madchen always played with a believable mix of irritation and genuine respect for the job. Shelly was a perfect supporting character, and probably the character who most took overfamiliar noir trappings and made them her own. She's one of those characters the show just wouldn't have worked without.
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I put another ad with her a few pages back.
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She was good at character parts more than the heroine.
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Andrew West (Gareth) interview. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/14/walking-dead-gareth-andrew-j-west-season-premiere/
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John Dauer. I liked him. The actor left for his education, which I can respect.
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I'm just glad the Carol/Tyreese relationship is so different on the show than in the comics. I can see where Abraham would work in a comic. He just feels shoehorned in on TV. He belongs on a different show. He belongs in some type of A-Team remake. His whole crew is much more suited to that atmosphere. If they point out how isolated and odd that crew is and how they struggle to fit in with the others, that might be a good story. If they have Abraham/Rick leadership battles, I'm just going to roll my eyes. I thought they would drop, that the ratings had peaked after 4 seasons. I was shocked that they increased. They sure deserved it. The whole cast and crew put so much work into that premiere - it was a thing of beauty.
Liz reminds me a lot of Jane Curtin in some shots. I wonder what the whole story was with the drug. She was helping Nick with a drug, she despaired over his not wanting her, so she took it? Or was it something else? I wonder if NBC was pushing some sort of cautionary tale stories about young girls and drug overdoses. Wasn't 1967 the year Lee was given LSD on AW?
That Grantland article was an interesting read. I agree with a lot of it about the show's impact. Repeatedly saying there is no need for Bobby (or Shelly) - well if you could leave comments, I would have left a very long one. You don't technically "need" anyone but Cooper and Laura, but if you want to tell Laura's story, Bobby was a vital part of that. And he was a fascinating character in his own right. And it's such a stupid reason not to bring him back. "Some characters peak in high school." That's part of the point. If he's a broken failure now, show us.
I read that it was pulled in some stores...frankly I wonder if anyone read a page before they made the decision to let kids buy it. It's a superb piece of fiction and it will stay with me always, but it's a tough, tough read. My father read a few pages after I bought it last year and he was disgusted. I do think anyone who can take it should definitely read it, as you get so much insight into not just Laura, but also Bobby. The book completely and totally enhanced my perspective of them and made me love them even more.
I've heard people say that LIAMST was sold to some other countries - perhaps some of that is available. I guess we'll likely never know.
I was in one of the mid-December episodes. Matt was reading a letter from a woman who had had a baby, and Nick had delivered it. Had this character ever been on the show?
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