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From: "Kevin Lazenby" <
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Subject: [SHADO] Confetti Check A-OK.
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> In this programme, Straker tells Freeman
> that he wants to tell his Wife, Mary Straker,
> about SHADO under the studio, to alleviate
> his guilt (Straker's) over his unsocial/long hours. Freeman counsel's
> Straker against it, as it would seriously foul up security, & put Mary
> Straker's life at risk. This would strongly suggest Straker's wife never
> knew about Straker's secret career.
>
> I also got the distinct impression from "Confetti Check" that Mary Straker
> has some sort of Psychological problem(s), and also has very manipulative
> parents, which would have made Straker's ex unable to cope if she knew the
> whole truth about SHADO & UFO's.
>
>
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Not necesarily. She can know that he is in the military, but not be able
to know his REAL JOB in the military, and there is nothing in that
conversation that disputes that.
It's easy to see that she knows the Studio is just a cover for him and
that he is in a secret military project. The issue Straker and Freeman are
discussing in that scene above, is whether he should tell her the truth
about the SHADO portion of his secret military career....not that he isn't a
film exec.
Service members on secret projects frequently tell cover stories to
their families. This is a common thing in military life - for instance; all
the test pilots for the Air Force's "Have Blue" project (developing the
F-117 Stealth in the 80's) would lie to all their families saying they were
doing avionics testing on the A-7 Corsair. ....Why they needed to do that
for long hours at night, nobody seemed to question, but they accepted it for
years....
....Just like Mary did for Straker, until his continual absence grew so
intrusive into their lives that it was breaking up the marriage and opening
the door to suspicion and mistrust. From there, it was easy for doubt, and
then paranoia to develop, especially when being egged on by other friends
and relatives of her's.
It's surprizing the flak Mary catches for her behaviour in this show.
Everything she goes thru is entirely logical and understandable to me, and
I'm even a man!
....And if *I* can see it, being one of those insensitive, piggish
lout neandertals that we're frequently accused of being, then I'm surprized
to be seeing other women defending him and critisizing her for it.
Try living through for real, what she went through for so long, and
you'll eventually see that those pretty blue eyes and bleached blond hair
just aren't worth it.
Dave H.