There are 4 messages totalling 146 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Some musings on the "whammy" (2) 2. Merry Christmas (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:41:36 -0700 From: Walt Doherty <wdoherty5@c.......> Subject: Re: Some musings on the "whammy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Gottfred" <agottfre@t.......> To: <FORKNI-L@l.......> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Some musings on the "whammy" > Greer Watson pointed out earlier that the situation in "Only the Lonely" is > not clearcut. Did Natalie pretend to be whammied by Nick when they first met > in the morgue? If so, why did she drop the pretense when she saw him on the > street later? And if she really was whammied, then what made it stop working? > My gut feeling is that Nat did pretend to be whammied. But in the hours or > days after her encounter with Nick, she wondered if she really had done the > right thing. The combination of getting to know this good-looking guy (who > she later admitted to being attracted to) and solving a scientific puzzle > were ultimately too much to resist. So when she saw Nick for the second > time, she decided not to let him go so easily. > However, if she really was whammied in the first place, it's not too hard to > see why it wore off. Nick didn't know about the documentary evidence problem > at that time. Nat would have found a paper trail a mile long - documentation > that she received a body that isn't there any more, not to mention the > umpteen crime scene reports and photos that would have been necessary before > Nick's body was sent to Nat's morgue. > I also saw "Avenging Angel" the other night. That one was interesting > because Nick's whammy of the TV reporter in front of the shelter for abused > women suggests a fifth scenario, which I call "Whammy? What whammy?" > Nick is upset because the TV crew is filming right on the doorsteps of the > safe house, which is compromising its location. First he asks the reporter > to move quite belligerently, and the reporter responds equally heatedly. > Then Nick pulls out the whammy. > Nick: "You're all done here. There's nothing more to see. It's what you > call 'a wrap'." > Reporter: "Let's go. That's a wrap." > However, later, we see the footage airing on TV, with chaos ensuing. > So obviously the whammy didn't work. There are two possibilities here. > First, Nick's whammy was successful, it's just that he didn't give the right > suggestion. He convinced them to leave, but didn't say a thing about not > airing info that could locate the shelter. The other possibility is that the > reporter didn't even know that a whammy had been attempted. He *was* all > done there, he didn't see any reason to further annoy the homicide cop (who > he might come into contact with on a future story), so he actually agreed > with what Nick had said, and responded "It's a wrap," not even realizing > that Nick was trying to pull something on him. (Probably just thought Nick > was a bit overbearing.) And the reporter then went back to the studio to > finish the footage in time for the news broadcast. > Finally, one little side note regarding "Avenging Angel". In Canada, many > shelters for abused women and children were originally established as homes > for unwed mothers; places where the girls could have their babies far from > home and then give them up for adoption, then return with nobody the wiser > back home. With the sexual revolution, many of the maternity homes lost > their original clientele and were repurposed as women's shelters. I learned > this from Canadian journalist Ann Petrie's memoir/history, _Gone to an > Aunt's_. > (http://www.amazon.ca/Gone-Aunts-Remembering-Canadas-Mothers/dp/0771069715 > ) > Fascinating stuff! > Can you picture Nick having a flashback to what was happening at that same > shelter 50 years earlier? > > Your humble & obedient servant, > Angela Gottfred ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:42:35 -0700 From: Walt Doherty <wdoherty5@c.......> Subject: Re: Some musings on the "whammy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Gottfred" <agottfre@t.......> > Can you picture Nick having a flashback to what was happening at that same > shelter 50 years earlier? > > Your humble & obedient servant, > Angela Gottfred Sounds like the basis for a good flashback story! :-) W ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:15:29 -0500 From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......> Subject: Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to those of us who celebrate it! For those who don't, have a happy long weekend. McLisa (Lisa McDavid) "That will be trouble." listowner, Forkni-l & Fkfic-l mclisa1014@g....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:44:16 -0800 From: Laurie of the Isles <laudon1228@y.......> Subject: Merry Christmas Merry Christmas! Here's a little card I created for the FORKNI-L list. http://www.care2.com/send/pickup/035/711/301/527/937/792 Laurie of the Isles Laudon1228@y....... ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 23 Dec 2010 to 24 Dec 2010 (#2010-43) **************************************************************
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