Clip of the Day, Nov. 4, 2010

When I watch the beginning of this clip, I can't help but thing of Todd's DID. He slips in and out of different personae like a champ. He's trying to be so nice and cordial and then hangs up with that face - "sucker." LOL. And LOL at Elmer, walking into the bar, WEARING the SWEATBAND when Suede and Kevin are just talking about it!!!
That OLTL, always putting small details in our midst.

This clip also of course brings up one of my fave Todd issues - DID. I am sure we'll have LOTS to talk about with this stody when it starts to be posted here, but, even though it may not have even been imagined at this point in Todd's story, I always look for clues reaching way back - to see hints that it was actually a real syndrome. However, Todd's ablilty to slip in and out of "being other people" could also mean he was faking! This is going to be a good QOTD!!

Todd's face is so intense here, when hearing Luna's show, one wonders what was really going on in his head at this point. If he was not "himself" he could have been thinking about his own abuse, which brought his rage up further. If he was Todd, he may not have even been aware of his own abuse. Either way, Roger puts that rage into place and we can see it, seething.

Roger plays this whole thing perfectly. "Whore" always rolls off his tongue in the creepiest way. He's over the edge and we get to see it first hand. These private, "alone" scenes of Roger's get to be part of the show pretty fast. He's one of the only actors who can carry them off in such a way. Erika Slezak is another who can do this same thing; command a scene totally alone without interaction with no one else. Very few actors can do this. Roger happens to be one of the best ever at it. He's barely even speaking in these scenes and conveys all we have to know.

FAIL: Marty admitting on the air who she is. That was a real blunder, in the sense that in reality, all calls to Luna's line would have been screened by the radio station prior to the call going through, and to protect her privacy as well as her upcoming trial, her name would have been kept secret. I can't even imagine a caller urging someone to do something so dangerous to herself and her future. Weak. She goes on to name the rapists! This was a legal travesty, since they were not found guilty, and she's now up for major liable! Weaker. the caller asked her to name herself, not the perps. The station would have been sued apart.

OK sound off! Whaddya think?