October 30, 2016
Kathryn Leigh Scott was my neighbor for many years. She played Maggie Evans and a host of other characters on the celebrated gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. This year Dark Shadows celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. I think there is or has been a gathering to celebrate. It seems appropriate that in this Season of the Witch that the soap opera that turned daytime television on its ear should be replaying now. The charm of the show, which started as a black and white live-on- tape project, is dated now with camera shake and style. According to Kathryn, Jonathan Frid was an actor about to just bail on his acting career. He played the vampire Barnabas Collins for the run of the show from 1966 to 1971. Cue the theramin. "Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis Production...."
The day before Halloween is time to find a punkin to carve and then off to the theatre. Review to follow.
Listening to Norman Lear discuss the development of All in the Family and other important socially significant sit coms from the late sixties on NPR yesterday was enlightening.
October 30, 2016
michaelsheehan
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