I'm a fairly new member, so Miss Susan's comment about time being saved by cutting out lines, or even entire scenes, may have been fully discussed by this group over the years. If it has, and y'all are sick of addressing the issue, please pardon me - but I must vent, and y'all seem to be accustomed to, and patient with, those who need to vent.
Would they crop the Mona Lisa to make it fit in a different frame? Would they shave off the first and last 16 measures of Beethoven's 5th Symphony? Would they write out the part of the Duke and the Dauphine from a Huck Finn movie? Would one replace the cast iron V8 engine in a '55 Chevy with an aluminum 4-banger just to improve gas mileage? Well, that last analogy may be a bit of a stretch, but you see my point. And I realize I'm preaching to the choir. In 2 weeks, I am fortunate enough to be participating in a play - 3 episodes of TAGS - produced by the YMCA here in Columbus, Mississippi. Barney And The Choir, Convicts At Large, and Mountain Wedding (complete with a ragged, pickup bluegrass band, and where I scored the part of Briscoe Darling). Anyway - I just happened to catch the Mountain Wedding episode on TV Land recently, and the cabin snoring scene was cut COMPLETELY. I suppose that since it is the 2nd of 2 snoring scenes in that episode it was considered redundant. Those editors - bless their hearts - obviously weren't raised right. Thanks for letting me vent. And until next weekend, I'll be practicing my lines, and tuning my jug. "Take a shot at 'im sheriff - you got a legal right." Hal _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
