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it bothers me that if Blatty had those two good actors together for that one brief scene, why did he not include a potentially juicy encounter between the two?
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I would go for that. I think it probably wasn’t considered important… Too bad. These datials could have helped. The Devil’s in the details…
If tough, elderly Scott’s Kinderman managed to rush to the Williamson’s Morning’s aid, putting himself if harm’s way, I could see that happening. Frankly, and even counting his rush back home to save his daughter and family from Nurse X, he doesn’t do much in the way of serving and protecting the public. He spends most of his time, snooping around and asking questions, and barking at colleagues. 😐
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Blizzi, yes, the “details” would have been interesting if fleshed out…
MIKE, I agree… Scott’s Kinderman was not the warm figure that Cobb’s was. Some say that Scott’s Kinderman, hardened by 12 more years’ exposure to savage crimes, became a grouch. However, he was not such in the Legion novel – sometimes gruff, yes, but more in an affectionately teasing manner. Scott’s Kinderman was too much… Patton. I wonder if this was really the interpretation that Blatty wanted for Legion’s Kinderman…
Yeah, “fleshed out” was the thing I was trying to think of. 😉 I thought Scott’s Kinderman was too angry… I think I heard that Blatty wanted him for the original though… Cobb was endearing! Okay, he’s a Sagittarius like me, so I’m a little biased, LOL but I really enjoyed him.
Good info there about Blatty wanting Scott, not Cobb! Yes, Cobb was endearing. I just can’t see Scott saying with Cobb’s conviction – about Chris’s autograph – “I lied! It’s for me!”
Sure, Scott can turn off the toughness, as when he deals with Mrs. Clelia and the old lady who asks if he is her son. But he was abusive to nearly everybody else: “I was signaling beings on Mars – sometimes they answer”; “You’re a racist, Ryan… Go home and talk about…Wops”; “It is NOT in the file! It is NOT!”; “We’re FINE!”, etc.
Cobb never flew off the handle – of course, we always see him solo, never ineracting with his police staff…
Don’t remember where I heard that, so please forgive me if I’m wrong. 😉 Scott was too tough. Maybe Cobb could have handled those lines to my satisfaction. Scott lacked Cobb’s “shmaltz”.
Precisely, Blizzi, you nailed it! 😛
Granny, but Cobb solo and Kinderman solo are worlds apart, I think. Scotty’s distinctly more on edge and senile.
Ironically, Scott is so uppity it’s hard not to smirk. He’s got his own unique brand of charisma as Kinderman, in or out of the presence of others. Even so, how Blatty calls his casting “perfect” makes me scratch my head. Oh well, not too many older actor out there, then or even today.
Crikey, who should Blatty have cast instead — there was no one cut from the same Cobb, so to speak? 😛 Who in blazes? Hmmm…
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Btw, I read in “self possessed” that Blatty thinks Monk was taken from Kinderman. I haven’t really seen it, but I’m most likely on WPB side, of course.
Karl Malden might have come close in portraying Kinderman believably – except wasn’t he at that time already in Streets of San Francisco playing a detective…? I believe that Malden, like Kinderman, also wore a hat. If it was pre-“Streets”, he may have been able to pull it off. Post-“Streets” audiences would expect Michael Douglas to be lurking in the wings…
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