In a message dated 3/7/01 1:58:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, wilsonfisk2@yahoo.com writes:
<< Hang on. In the space of a few days you've gone from arguing that the intentions of the authors/actors are irrelevant (dead author theory) or at the very least concurring with the views of those who do, to demanding I provide evidence that the cast/crew didn't intend it?>>>
I made no such demand, because, as you've pointed out, I don't really give a fig what the "intent" of any of those people was. I see the show as I see it. I was responding to your contention that you seemed to somehow "know" that intent.
<<< Very well. Paul Darrow's attitude to slash is well known, and has caused the poor man no end of trouble with those who just won't let it go. Chris Boucher has rubbished the idea publically and Gareth Thomas doesn't think that Blake and Avon were lovers. They have all said that they never intended such an interpretaion to be taken from thier text. OK? >>
No, not okay. As I very succinctly pointed out, unless you know the intent of the director (of every episode), the actors, the editors, and every single writer, you can't speak for what the "intent" of the show was. A television show is not the work of any single individual. It is the work and effort of many, including many behind-the-scenes crew that I didn't even mention. The end result is often (perhaps even usually) quite different that what the writer originally envisioned.
I would be very interested, btw, to know the "no end of trouble" that Paul Darrow has experienced from the existence of slash stories and fanzines, other than the trouble he has made for himself. For instance, have slash B7 fanzines stopped Paul Darrow from getting further jobs in the acting community? Have they caused him to be recognized on the street as a homosexual? In what way have they impacted his day to day life, especially since they depict a character he played over 20 years ago on a TV show?
Annie