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chakram-refugees-digest  Wednesday, December 3 2003  Volume 03 : Number 360



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  Re: [chakram-refugees] Tarzan's Last Ep                    [IfeRae@aol.com]

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:03:06 EST
From: IfeRae@aol.com
Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] Tarzan's Last Ep

In a message dated 11/30/2003 9:41:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
spri0037@tc.umn.edu writes:

> i've watched the posting here the last several weeks, and the only thing i 
> can add to it is that Lucy Lawless seemed stilted alot of the time.  it seems 
> as though whoever was directing or producing was doing something different, 
> which affected her acting, different than when she was doing Xena.  I 
> remember at the beginning of Xena she was similarly hesitant, but yet still got into 
> her character differently, more easily, and was more natural with it, so 
> that she eventually broke open with the character.  and perhaps there is that 
> issue that she was the main character back then.  she wasn't here.
> 
> but i still feel that there was something different going on here.
> 

With XWP, the producer, directors and key writers had a clear vision of what 
they wanted, particularly in terms of their "hero."  Lucy had ample air time 
to develop it.  I never got the sense of any clear vision for Tarzan as a show, 
nor was I impressed by the writing.  I suspect they "directed" much around 
Lucy, but gave her a lot of leeway in terms of how she played her few moments.  
There were times she did something (like a couple of scenes where she threw 
her hands up in the air) which were at odds to me because it seemed so 
spontaneous or "human" in such a wooden environment.  I liked that she added some 
"heart," but she also stuck out for the same reason.  So, while I can't disagree 
with the result, I think it's more because of an overall lack of direction, 
rather than specifically directing Lucy in a different way.  I think she had a lot 
of discretion, just not much to work with.

- -- Ife
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