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2012, 06-20:
Review of episode 1 re: “DALLAS” -- the NEW “rebooted” TV series on TNT
In 1978, my character-actress friend IRMA P. HALL (“Big Mama” in “SOUL FOOD”, the “Lady” in Tom Hanks’ “THE LADYKILLERS”, etc. = irmaphall.com) appeared on TV as a MAID at the home of a rich TEXAS family named the “Ewings” (as seen in the photo below)…
… That original TV series was a PHENOMENON in the annals of American TV, running all the way until 1991 (with 356 episodes)…
… After years of “promises”, America has finally been given a “NEW” version of “DALLAS”, featuring some of the original stars (such as LARRY HAGMAN as J.R. Ewing & PATRICK DUFFY as his brother Bobby)…
… But, the main “thrust” of the show is to introduce us to the CHILDREN of those stars, namely, JOSH HENDERSON as JR’s evil son John Ross, & JESSE METCALF (from “Desperate Housewives”) as Bobby’s “good-guy” environmentally-friendly adopted son Christopher…
… I went to see an advance screening of the new show, & found it very well-done, with the usual “melodramatic” underpinnings of the original & even MORE mingled “twists & turns” & machinations in one episode than the “old” one…
… There was a very interesting Q&A following the show, with JESSE & BRENDA STRONG (who plays his mother Ann Ewing), as shown in a PHOTO I shot below…
... I personally asked JESSE a question, the answer to which is planned for inclusion in part of one of my upcoming “FOLLOW-UP” articles on being an ACTOR…
… Overall, I’d rate the show like 8.00 out of 10 stars…
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