----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ragan ragan@sdc.org To: B7 Lyst blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: Subtext vs Character
Dana Shilling wrote:
Betty said:
The scripts, after all, aren't written for generic, faceless ideological mouthpieces, they're written for specific, established characters
Except that apparently this one WAS written for Blake; Travis' scripts were written for Stephen Greif and in many cases delivered by Brian Croucher;
But from Hostage on, they were written for Brian Croucher. Anyway, I don't see why having different actors in the same role should be a problem: look at Hamlet, for heaven's sake. Or a bit closer to home, what about Doctor Who? Most of the scripts were written for generic-Doctor-and-companion, and the individual quirks were put in by the script editor and the actors.
Anyway, in the Travis case it's the same character-- bit of a difference between a script written for a particular character being played by a different actor than the one the writer expected, and a script originally written for Blake being adapted to be for Avon.
Fiona
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