tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post2624397791404855511..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-James P. Cavanagh Part Nine: Coming, Mama [6.26]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-37540841104910362562019-05-11T08:04:44.039-07:002019-05-11T08:04:44.039-07:00I am surprised by the level of interest in this ep...I am surprised by the level of interest in this episode. I thought the direction was kind of boring but did not want to be critical of George Stevens, Jr., who has done so much for the business we all love. Analyzing the Hitchcock TV show by looking at it from the writers' perspective has made me appreciate how much of a repository it was for great mystery short stories. Not many other shows adapted so many stories for the small screen and then did so with such a consistent level of quality. So many anthology shows from the early days of TV have not survived, or if they have, they are not readily available. Yet the Hitchcock show is always there, and allows us to see and enjoy hundreds of filmed versions of mystery stories. There may sometimes be a formulaic aspect to it, but overall it's a treasure.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-28648155301253081772019-05-11T02:03:05.528-07:002019-05-11T02:03:05.528-07:00It's a decent episode, well made, nicely acted...It's a decent episode, well made, nicely acted, and yet it felt like a trope from the start, which is to say the viewer shall find the ending to be wildly different from what he might expect or believe, regardless of how one feels about Miss Heckart and her mother: the sting in the tail is this one's raison d'etre. This is a problem I have with all the generic Hitchcock episodes, no matter how well done; seldom do they explore human nature in any depth; nor do we (much of the time) come to understand the characters. They're basically set-up, second act, the journey to the ending till the trap snaps shut.john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-51352842380521120172019-05-10T19:48:10.362-07:002019-05-10T19:48:10.362-07:00Eileen Heckart is also great as the victim's m...Eileen Heckart is also great as the victim's mother in THE BAD SEED. Her scenes are nearly the only ones that feel completely sad, as opposed to rest of the film, which feels more like a dark comedy.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-44476993501482943102019-05-10T14:29:01.032-07:002019-05-10T14:29:01.032-07:00Thanks for stopping by! I'll make that correct...Thanks for stopping by! I'll make that correction.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-28774247414172768542019-05-10T13:23:46.456-07:002019-05-10T13:23:46.456-07:00I love this episode as much as I do any in the sev...I love this episode as much as I do any in the seven-year run of this series, including any of the ones directed by (gasp) the Master himself. Yes, it's quite entertaining, and no, none of the characters are particularly lovable, but the actors' performances are! Just one correction for now... Arthur does NOT live with his mother. If you recall, Lucy explains to her own mother that "[Mrs. Clarke] lives so far out in the country, Arthur scarcely ever sees her himself."QuatreMasqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952971843330203022noreply@blogger.com