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I wonder how much influence forum members have on the In Treatment writers? If there was a general consensus among forum members that we would like to see a particular plot and/or character develop in a certain way, would the writers listen? In addition to feedback from forum members, if any IT writers are reading this, your feedback would be most welcome. Thank you.
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 5:16 PM
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How about....
Iwannalickyourpits.com?
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 4:50 PM
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OMG! Well, I vote for mr.bottomlesseyes@icu.net OR
byrninghotbisquitman@aol.com. Somehow I think gabriel byrne@aol.com is a little TOO easy. With our luck, Touched, it would probably end up going to some 95-year Irishman in some remote part of the Emerald Isle (and his great grandson would have to print it off for him!).
Oh, LHL, I'm sure Jenlor is completely humbled by your response and said subsequent posts and all was said in good fun. Glad YOU didn't break your toe (that happened at another get-together that I was at!).
Yeah, I remember that Katie Couric interview as well. She seemed like SHE was a bit flooshed as well - I don't think she EVER got that goofy grin off of her face throughout the entire interview. There was also some guy (from Paris?) who said that GB was "hot" and I think that sort of threw GB for a loop when she mentioned that. But I loved his "hot floooshes" line. Too cute!
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 4:31 PM
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&> gbyrne2@quest.net
> hotirishluvaman@verizon.com
> paulwestonlives@msn.com
> mr.bottomlesseyes@icu.net
> byrninghotbisquitman@aol.com
> sexgodtherapist@badchildren.com
> hotchair2@brklyn.edu
> madhandsome1@earthlink.net
> gb.daddy@imtoosexyformychair.com
my favorites: sexgodtherapist@badchildren.com AND gb.daddy@imtoosexyformychair.com
Why do I feel we are now going to spin off into making up funny GB email address for the next few hours??? ha ha
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 4:27 PM
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> Touched,
> perhaps somebody will forward your "rewrite" final
> episode to him. surely that will leave him flooshed
> if not hawney.
yes, I'll just forward it to gabriel.byrne@aol.com.
That oughta do it.
Worth a try:
gbyrne2@quest.net
hotirishluvaman@verizon.com
paulwestonlives@msn.com
mr.bottomlesseyes@icu.net
byrninghotbisquitman@aol.com
sexgodtherapist@badchildren.com
hotchair2@brklyn.edu
madhandsome1@earthlink.net
gb.daddy@imtoosexyformychair.com
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 4:09 PM
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> Touched,
> perhaps somebody will forward your "rewrite" final
> episode to him. surely that will leave him flooshed
> if not hawney.
ROFL!!! - His saying this to Kate was surely one of the highlights of last season.
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 4:09 PM
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> Touched,
> perhaps somebody will forward your "rewrite" final
> episode to him. surely that will leave him flooshed
> if not hawney.
yes, I'll just forward it to gabriel.byrne@aol.com.
That oughta do it.
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 3:57 PM
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Touched,
perhaps somebody will forward your "rewrite" final episode to him. surely that will leave him flooshed if not hawney.
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 3:41 PM
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> Yes there are quite a few that don't post any more.
> From series one some of the things we said were
> written in a NY or LA Times article and Katie Couric
> read some to his face (I think one was mine about his
> lips and I know one was Touched) and he said oh my
> gawd now Im getting all flooshed in the tv interview
> with katie couric.
> And no I do not think anything we write affects the
> show. Love it just as much but that is because of
> Gabriel Byrne. I liked last years patients better
Wanda, i WISH, Katie had read one of mine to him and he had gotten flooshed, but alas it was not me...no she read Therealzenobia's comment the infamous "I want to Lick GB all over" comment and she read the one (was it yours???) about "love love love his lips"
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 3:23 PM
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Yes there are quite a few that don't post any more. From series one some of the things we said were written in a NY or LA Times article and Katie Couric read some to his face (I think one was mine about his lips and I know one was Touched) and he said oh my gawd now Im getting all flooshed in the tv interview with katie couric.
And no I do not think anything we write affects the show. Love it just as much but that is because of Gabriel Byrne. I liked last years patients better
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 3:14 PM
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> Oh, LHL. Please don't leave - we looofff your posts
> too much, and you've been gone too long.
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> I'm sure that it was one of those "slip and fall"
> things like all of us have incurred from
> time-to-time. Getting too close to the edge of the
> pool (in the dark, in a different setting) is just as
> easy, I'm sure, as breaking one's toe from a heavy
> item falling off a kitchen counter.
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> I would assume you've recovered from your "pool
> encounter" and that you either (a) are an excellent
> swimmer, or (b) you slipped into the shallow end.
> Definitely a "dangerous video."
Thanks Jtomp...I appreciate YOUR nice comments. Apparently some other poster thinks she can just randomly comment about personal habits of complete strangers in a way that might be very hurtful. I'm still pretty miffed at that.... I have been thinking though, and maybe I owe Jenlor an apology? I might have been a bit too harsh in my earlier post. I'll wait for her response.....if she dares to give one!!
Well I didn't break my toe or anything, but I did slip into the shallow end, which could have been worse had it been the deep end I guess.
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 12:36 PM
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Oh, LHL. Please don't leave - we looofff your posts too much, and you've been gone too long.
I'm sure that it was one of those "slip and fall" things like all of us have incurred from time-to-time. Getting too close to the edge of the pool (in the dark, in a different setting) is just as easy, I'm sure, as breaking one's toe from a heavy item falling off a kitchen counter.
I would assume you've recovered from your "pool encounter" and that you either (a) are an excellent swimmer, or (b) you slipped into the shallow end. Definitely a "dangerous video."
Oh, and back on topic, but GB sitting in a chair in Season 2 is just FINE by me. Yes, the stories are VERY good, but in the hands of another actor, I'm afraid that this show would be a "snooze" fest.
As someone once said, "Excellent acting is looking like you're NOT acting."
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 10:00 AM
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> OH LHL........hearing you say that you fell in a
> pool, and yet, had no alcohol in your system makes me
> sad. It reminds me of a famous quote, by a wonderful
> and helpful woman by the name of Ann Landers....
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> "People who drink to drown their sorrows should be
> told that sorrows know how to swim."
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> I hope drinking is not an issue for you.....
Jenlor....are you serious? Who do you think you are that you could ask me such a question? I clearly stated that NO alcohol was involved when I fell in the pool. I was simply standing there, and slipped while walking too close to the edge. You can take your Ann Landers quote and stick it where the sun don't shine. And forget about "collaborating" on any stories for feedback for the IT Writers.
Looks like my time away from here wasn't long enough.... Geez....
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May 8, 2009 8:39 AM
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&> I liked the manipulative part of Laura's
> character! She was an amped-up version (sexually, at
> any rate) of a "type" from classic Hollywood movies
> -- the smart, smoldering, bad girl with plans. A man
> eater. The interplay between her and Paul, when she
> was still punishing him for rejecting her, was
> electric. Then we start to see the cracks in her
> facade, to see that beneath her edge lay a lot of
> damage. And then the tables turn, and Paul becomes
> the one who has to ask... and is initially rejected
> (and then he just can't). Depicting would-be
> lovers who never can quite get together is hardly an
> original concept, but this was particularly
> well-written version of it. And, of course,
> chemistry was perfect between the actors. Their story
> would have been much less successful if Laura wasn't
> "hysterical and manipulative". She needed to be a
> little dangerous.
>
Snick, I could NOT have said it better myself. Exactly, exactly exactly what I think about Laura.
> Unlike others here, I was glad Paul and Laura never
> had (successful) sex. I think it would have killed
> the underlying sadness of their story arc. The way
> it ended, their entire interaction became a sort of
> intense foreplay that went on for too long. By the
> time the decision was made to act on the longing, the
> partners were no longer on the same page. In the
> shot where Laura is slumped on the bed and taking off
> her shirt she looks like a woman who is about to be
> used, not loved. And the way Paul is filmed walking
> toward the bedroom, the scene -- to me -- has the
> ugly feel of an impending "rape". I put rape in
> quotes because Laura has consented, but it's
> clear that sex is not what she wants. Given what
> Paul knows about her sexual abuse when she was a
> minor, etc., and given that he's her therapist ... he
> could be doing this woman a lot of emotional harm by
> having sex with her. And it should be clear to him
> that she's just capitulating to his needs. But he
> proceeds anyway, selfishly. And his body betrays
> him. Frustration, sadness, guilt, embarrassment...
> pathos.
>
> Sorry, ladies, but to me that is more effective drama
> than a good, sweaty shagging.
>
> (And as for it all being about seeing GB on screen,
> that's not true for me. I just want riveting
> characters. They seem to be in short supply this
> season. Mia is the only one who comes close to last
> year's standards.)
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well we part ways a little on that bit. I agree that
it makes the bittersweet sadness of Paul and Laura that much more poignant because they didnt wind up together but I just wanted one real moment of passion, (they didnt even have to sleep together), just one real moment before "doom" waltzed in and killed it all...
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 8:11 AM
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OH LHL........hearing you say that you fell in a pool, and yet, had no alcohol in your system makes me sad. It reminds me of a famous quote, by a wonderful and helpful woman by the name of Ann Landers....
"People who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that sorrows know how to swim."
I hope drinking is not an issue for you.....
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Re: How InFluential Is Our Feedback on the IT Writers?
May 8, 2009 4:41 AM
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> I, too, was not a Laura fan as I found her rather
> hysterical and manipulative. For me, it's not an
> issue of liking or disliking the direction of this
> season; I don't know where this season is leading.
> All I know is that I'm not finding it as compelling
> g as season 1. Given the massive amount of
> attention directed towards Gabriel Byrne on this
> forum, I am tempted to conclude that many find his
> onscreen presence so riveting, that for these fans,
> the storylines are secondary in significance.
I liked the manipulative part of Laura's character! She was an amped-up version (sexually, at any rate) of a "type" from classic Hollywood movies -- the smart, smoldering, bad girl with plans. A man eater. The interplay between her and Paul, when she was still punishing him for rejecting her, was electric. Then we start to see the cracks in her facade, to see that beneath her edge lay a lot of damage. And then the tables turn, and Paul becomes the one who has to ask... and is initially rejected (and then he just can't). Depicting would-be lovers who never can quite get together is hardly an original concept, but this was particularly well-written version of it. And, of course, chemistry was perfect between the actors. Their story would have been much less successful if Laura wasn't "hysterical and manipulative". She needed to be a little dangerous.
Unlike others here, I was glad Paul and Laura never had (successful) sex. I think it would have killed the underlying sadness of their story arc. The way it ended, their entire interaction became a sort of intense foreplay that went on for too long. By the time the decision was made to act on the longing, the partners were no longer on the same page. In the shot where Laura is slumped on the bed and taking off her shirt she looks like a woman who is about to be used, not loved. And the way Paul is filmed walking toward the bedroom, the scene -- to me -- has the ugly feel of an impending "rape". I put rape in quotes because Laura has consented, but it's clear that sex is not what she wants. Given what Paul knows about her sexual abuse when she was a minor, etc., and given that he's her therapist ... he could be doing this woman a lot of emotional harm by having sex with her. And it should be clear to him that she's just capitulating to his needs. But he proceeds anyway, selfishly. And his body betrays him. Frustration, sadness, guilt, embarrassment... pathos.
Sorry, ladies, but to me that is more effective drama than a good, sweaty shagging.
(And as for it all being about seeing GB on screen, that's not true for me. I just want riveting characters. They seem to be in short supply this season. Mia is the only one who comes close to last year's standards.)
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