Re: When DC went downhill

Sharpe Fan wrote:

> "Seaclock" <seaclock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>I disagree that KW intended a D/J ending.  [snip]
>>>>
>>>>I'm pretty sure I heard in the DVD commentary that indeed it was a D-J
>>>>finale first but then he changed it.  I will check this again.  [snip]
>>
>>Okay, I found one reference in the commentary over the reunion scene at
>>the Ice House.  Paul Stupin says to Kevin Williamson that when KW was
>>writing the first hour the plan was to have Dawson and Joey end up
>>together and that part of the reason for bringing back Meredith Monroe
>>was to serve as a "consolation prize" for Pacey who he felt needed some
>>kind of romantic fulfillment.  KW says that ultimately he couldn't live
>>with that kind of second best arrangement.  Interestingly, it was
>>apparently of no concern that Dawson be shown getting any kind of
>>emotional fulfillment.  Gail gets remarried, Jack gets Doug, Pacey gets
>>Joey, and Dawson gets a meeting with Spielberg.  Doesn't quite measure
>>up.  Now, of course, if you hate Dawson then nothing short a sentence to
>>serve out his days as the sole inmate of a penal colony is appropriate.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Dawson got the "we will always be special to each other" speech as well
as
> his "career", so it is not like he was left to die on an ice flow. 
There
> seemed to be more meaningful Dawson/Joey scenes in the finale than
> Pacey/Joey scenes.

Yeah, the all that is left of the original scropt before he pissed on . 
.. err changed it :-(

> 
> As an aside, it is a weird "career".  His big break in the Capeside
> Redemption was a filming on the group's early years (his second attempt
at
> that, by the way) and now his show is the same thing.  He seems to have
only
> one story to tell - a fictionalized version of his high school years.

Yeah, remember Dawson IS Kevin Williamson.