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[hidden email], "D Persica" <dennispersica@b...> wrote:
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> > i always wondered about dear Dr. Jackson and his vowel
> > carressing accent ...... I mean, that was a royal
> > "huh". one hopes that if the series had continued
> > someone would have tackled the enigmatic dr. jackson
> > whom no one liked and gen. henderson seems to have
> > saddled SHADO with.
> >
> > i could see him being a political refugee or
> > something, but then why put him in SHADO? of course,
> > he was apparently the other workaholic on the base,
> > 'cause he seemed to be there as much as our commander
> > was ... there was also the rather odd combination of
> > being apparently head psych and security??? or have i
> > simply been away from the show too long?
>
>
> And there was that strange, unexplained character transformation in
Court
> Martial, where Jackson seems to be Straker's lifelong enemy.
Straker looks
> at him with disgust the first time they see each other in that
episode.
> Was there ever any explanation for that radical change in their
> relationship? It's almost as if there's a missing episode that
explained why
> they suddenly hated each other.
> I guess it's just another case of script-writing that was not quite
up to
> par in terms of continuity.
> What with the studio shift and all -- and with actors coming and
going --
> that season was pretty uneven, and left a lot of questions
unanswered (many
> of those questions raised by members of this list).
> Too bad they didnt get a shot at a second season. I'm sure the
stories would
> have been even better, as well as the FX.
Dr Jackson (Vladek Sheybal) was always one of the characters I found
interesting as a kid so I made a point of looking him up on the
Internet. There's not much out there on him but one site did post an
interview he gave and another site is dedicated to him and has his
memoirs.
He was an interesting fellow and experienced much in his life. His
memoirs made for good reading but the thing that touched me most was
his experiences in the concentration camps during the war. I'd never
read any accounts before so it was an eye opener.
One of the things he mentioned in his memoirs was something that was
told to him by Bette Davis. She basically told him he didn't have the
looks to be leading man material but he did to be a good villian so
why not corner the market on that role, which he did. He also said
that people tend to remember your character if you play it more
sinister-like. From the interview he said he was given much leeway to
play Jackson as he liked so it's possible that Jackson's dark side
was his own portrayal rather than anything the script writers
concocted. How much of this is true, I don't know. I guess you'd have
to talk to people/actors on the set to know.
I did think he was almost mellow in "The Long Sleep", so was Straker
so what was that all about? It did amuse me to see the way Ed Bishop
played Straker when the girl threw herself into his arms at one
point. The hesitant "there there" pat on the back as if he hadn't a
clue how to comfort someone but then again maybe that's a guy thing
or am I dissing you guys?
Karen