Posted on 08/13/2014 7:33:07 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
That makes three.
Agree 100%. It’s funny. Years ago, I used to watch vintage fare primarily for the storylines and such. But nowadays, I think I get almost as much, if not more, satisfaction from just watching the way the characters interact and comport themselves. Like ADULTS always used to. It’s just so refreshing. Almost like a tonic.
Whereas in modern fare, there’s such a preening self-consciousness to every movement, every bit of dialogue. The male protagonists seem so juvenile and unmanly, and the female protagonists are tart and abrasive, and lacking in just about all traditional feminine traits. I just can’t take it seriously. Maybe it is indeed reflective of the current culture and manner of the times, but I can’t really “identify” with it or frankly, even respect it. It’s just too pathetic, too gay.
It was almost like a repertory theater back then, in terms of tv productions and the roster of talent. They had the acting chops to deliver the goods again and again, often being tapped at very short notice.
A somewhat sadly unheralded group, all those fine character actors and such. One thing about that generation of performers is that they usually had a broad range of living and life-experience before they found acting success. Came from places all across the country and mid-america, often suffered through the Depression and/or fought in WW2 or Korea, did construction jobs and such. That was quickly lost with the later crop of actors, directors, creators, that followed... and it was noticeable.
Anyway, like I said, I always liked Ed Nelson.
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