Re: A Second Look: ATS S3D4

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:48:45 -0800 (PST), Arbitrar Of Quality said...
> On Jan 22, 5:28 pm, Michael Ikeda <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > On Jan 20, 4:45 pm, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >> "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> > >> messagenews:09f2d38b-6eaf-44f4-b3a4-e35f9f75efa9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> legroups.com...
> 
> > >> > And then the ending, meant to be
> > >> > frustrating, inexplicably brings back the Groosalugg and
> > >> > tries to convince us that Cordelia has serious feelings for a
> > >> > character whose previous ****trayal can be described by
> > >> > stealing Scythe's phrase: "a caricature of a cartoon."
> >
> > It's not really trying to convince us that Cordelia has serious
> > feelings for Groo.  As becomes clear in the next episode, she
> > doesn't.  But she thinks she should and actually manages to will
> > herself into believing that she does.  At least for a while.

I think she does have serious feelings about Groo. It's just that she 
realises she has stronger feelings for Angel.

> The idea that she would "fool herself" (the character who prides
> herself on telling it exactly like she thinks it is?) from the very
> beginning still requires her to have inexplicably seen something in
> him in Pylea that promotes a serious love story.

He's a hunk. And quite kind and considerate. What's not to like?

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Mark Myers
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I call that a radical interpretation of the text.