AMC: Kendall's portrait
arizonagal
scary-go-round. I'm surprised that didn't scare the bejesus out of
Zach. It was downright creepy.
arizonagal
Mare
Kinda looked like the artist (and I use the term loosely) was
channeling Michael or LaToya J.
Mare - scary-go-round... BWAAA!HA!HA!HA!HAAAAA!!!!!
Nancy l. Dylong
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And to think my son says you're all insane! What does he know!?
Nancy "Crazy is a relative term in my family" Dylong
Witchy Way
That portrait of Kendall that Zach discovered was one giant ride on the
scary-go-round. I'm surprised that didn't scare the bejesus out of Zach.
It was downright creepy.>>
i thought mayhaps it zack's "mum". i'd like that twist much better. oh
well.
Charles Ford
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That was my first thought as well... Does Kendall look exactly like Zach's
Mom? But, I don't think they can go down that road since we would have had
to have had some foreshadowing.
Charles
Aisling Willow Grey
(in article <9316-45B...@storefull-3135.bay.webtv.net>):
I'm with Charles, that I don't think they'd go down that road, but for a
different reason. Clearly, when Zach saw the portrait, the writing and
blocking telegraphed to us that the portrait being there signalled to Zach
that the killer had been in the warehouse and left a portrait of Kendall as a
"nyah nyah" of sorts. How could a picture of his wife be in that warehouse
without someone -- obviously the killer -- having access to it?
To add a layer of complexity to that -- by having the portrait be Zach's mom,
who mysteriously looks exactly like Kendall <g> -- is beyond what the writers
think the audience is capable of comprehending. Generally, they're writing
as though they think the viewers are a bunch of third graders.
Aisling "maybe South Park third graders..."
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arizonagal
Aisling Willow Grey wrote:
> To add a layer of complexity to that -- by having the portrait be Zach's mom,
> who mysteriously looks exactly like Kendall <g> -- is beyond what the writers
> think the audience is capable of comprehending. Generally, they're writing
> as though they think the viewers are a bunch of third graders.
>
has a slightly incestuous feel. Reminds me of that Frazier episode
where he dates the woman who looks exactly like his dead mom. Others
notice her resemblance, but Frazier does not. When he does realize the
nature of his attraction to the woman, he is repelled by the idea of
having sex with her.
At this point, I have no expectations of this storyline making any
sense at all!
arizonagal
Susan Barnett
at shind...@gmail.com wrote on 1/22/07 11:02 PM:
>
> Aisling Willow Grey wrote:
>> To add a layer of complexity to that -- by having the portrait be Zach's mom,
>> who mysteriously looks exactly like Kendall <g> -- is beyond what the writers
>> think the audience is capable of comprehending. Generally, they're writing
>> as though they think the viewers are a bunch of third graders.
>>
> So then we are to assume Kendall and Zach's ma are dead ringers? That
> has a slightly incestuous feel. Reminds me of that Frazier episode
> where he dates the woman who looks exactly like his dead mom. Others
> notice her resemblance, but Frazier does not. When he does realize the
> nature of his attraction to the woman, he is repelled by the idea of
> having sex with her.
Wait a minute -- was that portrait supposed to be of Zach's mother or of
Kendall? I thought it was Kendall and, as Aisling said, the killer just
placed it there to freak Zach out. We've seen Zach's mother in flashbacks to
her death, and she looks nothing like Kendall. Plus, we've seen the picture
that Zarf had of Zach's mother and she doesn't look like Kendall.
I don't think the writers are trying to say that the two women are identical
to one another in looks.
>
> At this point, I have no expectations of this storyline making any
> sense at all!
Well, why should this storyline be any different from any other storyline on
AMC?
Susan
SFJason
On Jan 22, 8:10 am, Susan Barnett <slbwr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> in article 1169478175.282290.254...@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com, arizonagal
> at shindag...@gmail.com wrote on 1/22/07 11:02 PM:
>
>
>
> > Aisling Willow Grey wrote:
> >> To add a layer of complexity to that -- by having the portrait be Zach's mom,
> >> who mysteriously looks exactly like Kendall <g> -- is beyond what the writers
> >> think the audience is capable of comprehending. Generally, they're writing
> >> as though they think the viewers are a bunch of third graders.
>
> > So then we are to assume Kendall and Zach's ma are dead ringers? That
> > has a slightly incestuous feel. Reminds me of that Frazier episode
> > where he dates the woman who looks exactly like his dead mom. Others
> > notice her resemblance, but Frazier does not. When he does realize the
> > nature of his attraction to the woman, he is repelled by the idea of
> > having sex with her.Wait a minute -- was that portrait supposed to be of Zach's mother or of
> Kendall? I thought it was Kendall and, as Aisling said, the killer just
> placed it there to freak Zach out. We've seen Zach's mother in flashbacks to
> her death, and she looks nothing like Kendall. Plus, we've seen the picture
> that Zarf had of Zach's mother and she doesn't look like Kendall.
>
> I don't think the writers are trying to say that the two women are identical
> to one another in looks.
>
>
>
> > At this point, I have no expectations of this storyline making any
> > sense at all!Well, why should this storyline be any different from any other storyline on
> AMC?
>
> Susan
My take on the painting was that the killer is screwing with Zach.
He/she purposely put a painting of Kendall dressed *like* his mother
looked when before she died (white dress/satin robes/gardenias). The
purpose of this was to drive home that Kendall is next to die and to
torture Zach (for whatever reasons we haven't found out yet..cough
*greenlee* cough)
I don't think we are supposed to believe Kendall and Zach's mom looked
alike. There may have even been a painting similar to this with Zach's
mom in it that exists.
SFJason
DonnaB shallotpeel
resemblance to Kendall that Zach had never realized before.
Interesting how it's really unclear after we compare impressions.
Why, though, do I think this is an accident rather than intended bit of the
writing? <G>
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a portrait of Zach's mother and cut out Kendall's face and put it on the
portrait- so the *portrait* is Zach's mother from the neck down, with
Kendall's face put in place above the gardenia to signal to Zach she is
going to have the same fate as his mother- IOW, the next one to die.
mart
SFJason wrote:
> My take on the painting was that the killer is screwing with Zach.
> He/she purposely put a painting of Kendall dressed *like* his mother
> looked when before she died (white dress/satin robes/gardenias). The
> purpose of this was to drive home that Kendall is next to die and to
> torture Zach (for whatever reasons we haven't found out yet..cough
> *greenlee* cough)
> I don't think we are supposed to believe Kendall and Zach's mom looked
> alike. There may have even been a painting similar to this with Zach's
> mom in it that exists.
>
> SFJason
I agree that it's probably a picture of Zach's mom that's been altered
to look like Kendall.
-OR -
Has anyone else seen it besides Zach? Could it be that he "sees" it as
Kendall, and we're seeing it through his eyes, but to another person it
won't look exactly like Kendall? Perhaps when another person goes into
the warehouse, we'll see it as it "really" appears w/o Zach's projected
image.
Nah....that's too sophisticated for these writers!
Mart
hizbabykakes
On Jan 23, 3:35 pm, "mart" <MartGib...@aol.com> wrote:
> SFJason wrote:
> > My take on the painting was that the killer is screwing with Zach.
> > He/she purposely put a painting of Kendall dressed *like* his mother
> > looked when before she died (white dress/satin robes/gardenias). The
> > purpose of this was to drive home that Kendall is next to die and to
> > torture Zach (for whatever reasons we haven't found out yet..cough
> > *greenlee* cough)
> > I don't think we are supposed to believe Kendall and Zach's mom looked
> > alike. There may have even been a painting similar to this with Zach's
> > mom in it that exists.
>
> > SFJasonI agree that it's probably a picture of Zach's mom that's been altered
> to look like Kendall.
>
> -OR -
>
> Has anyone else seen it besides Zach? Could it be that he "sees" it as
> Kendall, and we're seeing it through his eyes, but to another person it
> won't look exactly like Kendall? Perhaps when another person goes into
> the warehouse, we'll see it as it "really" appears w/o Zach's projected
> image.
>
> Nah....that's too sophisticated for these writers!
>
> Mart
What a damn neat idea! I like it. But, yea, too complicated for the
writers.
Carol