Re: [pressgang] PG's secondary characters

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Kevin Nauta (prydonia@accn.org)
Sun, 17 May 1998 12:35:25 -0400


E.... C.... wrote:

> Maybe it's just me, in fact I know it probably is, but I don't remember
> Colin playing lines off of Sarah... Remind me? I enjoy him playing them off
> of someone who can fight back more though...

Colin likes to try and sell things to Sarah because he's smart enough to know
that she can be worn down with persistance. They do battle in ONE EASY LESSON
and BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER, as well as SHOULDN'T I BE TALLER and KILLER ON THE
LINE. In the case of the last two, Colin either doesn't like her journalistic
style or doesn't want to be attached to her if her plans fail.

Kevin

>
>
> Unfortunately this ability to play second fiddle (and acting with
> > restraint is a hard task which requires a skilled and unselfish actor)
> > also meant in Sarah-Kelda's case that she was not strong enough to carry
> > a whole episode herself. This is a shame, but not all Kelda-Sarah's
> > fault. It's pretty hard to compete with Spike, Lynda and Colin (his
> > eyebrows alone could carry an episode :) )
> >
> Frazz didn't mind the second fiddle position, and "UnXpected" was basically
> a Frazz episode. I liked it a great deal because of that, and I thought he
> could pull the whole thing by himself. I'm not saying I wouldn't miss the
> Spike and Lynda moments, but I think that he could have done it if it needed
> to be done. I just wish that hole on his head were smaller and prettier...
>
> --Eavan
>
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