tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269645828546245860.post3281302982596535580..comments2024-03-26T19:49:12.341-04:00Comments on Workshop Heretic: Of course it works: "Halloween" by Marian CrottyJacob Weberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591038654403487222noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269645828546245860.post-832759103389570522020-11-23T18:54:38.159-05:002020-11-23T18:54:38.159-05:00Yeah, that's really all I meant by "comed...Yeah, that's really all I meant by "comedic." Jan's a stock character fleshed out a bit and done well to lighten up the mood. It could have been melodrama (like I think "Round Earth" was), but I think Jan gives it something that would otherwise have really been missing. Pretty much exactly what you said. Jacob Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591038654403487222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269645828546245860.post-37813550351640641542020-11-23T12:18:26.867-05:002020-11-23T12:18:26.867-05:00I wouldn't go as far as comedic, but there was...I wouldn't go as far as comedic, but there was a certain lightness to it, mostly thanks to Jan, and to Jules' own self-awareness of the gap between what she should do and what she was going to do. It saved it from melodrama. Karen Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148246613451246487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269645828546245860.post-45239897268580660902020-11-17T13:18:56.594-05:002020-11-17T13:18:56.594-05:00Wow, I didn't pick up any comedic vibe on this...Wow, I didn't pick up any comedic vibe on this story at all.Jim Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953679196185650753noreply@blogger.com