Dynasty Discussion Thread

[DRW50]

Thanks. Sometimes I forget early Dynasty had (fairly) complex character work. Linda Evans does so well at playing that fragility in Krystal without being too weak.

Harford does a lot with her mute role.

[Franko]

Early Krystle is the best, when she's trying to come to terms with her strange new world. When she and Blake are cooing at each other non-stop and the servants love her as if she was a daughter, it's just not interesting.

I was actually trying to find one of Alexis' scenes with Mrs. Gunnerston. In one of them, it's implied she might have slept with Mr. G. In the other, Alexis reveals she paid for Gunnerson's son's hospitalization (done as an attempt to get Hilda to spy on Krystle).

[Franko]

This is one of my favorite early Krystle scenes. I appreciate that it took a lot out of her, but I liked that Krystle put Joseph in his place.

"You've been very cooperative, Joseph. You're a good worker. I believe I'll speak with Mr. Carrington about increasing your salary." 

Translation: Yeah, that's right, you creep. Remember who signs the damn checks.

 

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[DRW50]

Thanks. What stands out most is when Krystle walks away - they don't just let the moment stand as some badass girl power, which is what you'd often get (and today with a tedious "needle drop"). You can see how tortured Krystle is by the world she now has to live in. 

That Dynasty probably wouldn't have lasted more than a year or two, but you do wonder what might have been. 

They really made such a mess with Joseph as time passed. 

[Khan]

I think it would've lasted longer than that, but the initial casting was terrible (especially for the Blaisdel family) and it would've required a level of writing that the Shapiros simply weren't capable of producing.

[Liberty City]

Krystle had such an adjustment to make; I need this show back on streaming, via its remaster.

[Liberty City]

Joseph saying it would be inappropriate for them to be friends snapped her from Krystle Grant to Mrs Blake Carrington, and it is delicious.

[kalbir]

 

Season 1 was a slow start but the main reason to watch it is that it builds the foundation of the character relationships. Season 2 was the only season that worked for me from a writing and acting standpoint. It's too bad that the quality of season 2 could not be maintained for the rest of the series.

ABC soap fans that were spoiled by the best of Agnes Nixon probably knew they couldn't hold Dynasty writers to the same standard.

[Khan]

I agree.

True.  Even if you left out the daytime soaps, however, Richard and Esther Shapiro's best writing in primetime never matched the high quality that you might have found in other TV movies and series from that day.

[Chris 2]

Humiliating your employees, particularly in front of each other, is awful.

[Soapsuds]

The CW aired a documentary about the television series Dynasty last night.

The documentary is available on the CW app. You will need to download the CW app to watch the documentary.

 

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