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Post by tvilike admin on Mar 24, 2007 11:58:35 GMT -5
Talk about your favorite character here and what is it you like about him or her
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Post by Girl Power on Mar 24, 2007 13:59:37 GMT -5
Denny Crane.
Denny Crane. Tricks are for kids. Denny Crane.
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Post by tvilike admin on Mar 24, 2007 14:02:04 GMT -5
What is it about Denny Crane that you like regarding his character? I have never seen Boston Legal that's why Im curious about this character you like... Denny Crane. Denny Crane. Tricks are for kids. Denny Crane.
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Post by Girl Power on Mar 26, 2007 22:30:13 GMT -5
What is it about Denny Crane that you like regarding his character? I have never seen Boston Legal that's why Im curious about this character you like... Denny Crane. Denny Crane. Tricks are for kids. Denny Crane. I was actually running out the door when I wrote that, but I thought that line summed him up. You want more? You got it. I'm never at a loss for words. Denny is awesome. First, he's played by William Shatner, whom I adore. I've loved Shatner forever, but particularly since Star Trek 4. I thought he was hilarious in that. Since that movie he seems like he has developed a wonderful sense of humor about his own penchant to over act and generally be a pompous blowhard. The Shat is a parody of himself, really. Denny is a character like no other. He satirizes the international stereotype of the bombastic, violent, arrogant American. He's all show and no intelligence or understanding. He is the first named partner in the large, elite law firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt. The show makes it clear that when he was younger, Denny was a powerhouse of an attorney. He now rides the coattails of his own legendary younger self. He has almost no talent left, so he walks around everywhere continuously saying his name, to let everyone know that he is a legend. Denny Crane. Finishes a legal argument with "Denny Crane." Ends a conversation with the comment, "Denny Crane." Walks through a crowd of reporters and news cameras in a chaotic courthouse hall saying into the microphones, "Denny Crane. Tricks are for kids. Denny Crane." He figures that it doesn't matter what he mutters, as long as those two magical words are in there: His own name. Denny is in the early stages of Alzheimers. His father had Alzheimers. A brain scan he took a couple of years ago revealed he had the beginnings of brain activty decay, and lives in dread fear of the disease progressing. He won't admit he has it, though. He says he has "mad cow." When he messes up or does something even his own outrageous personality cannot justify away, he blames it on "the mad cow" and points to his brain. He does this all in the deep voice and intensity of William Shatner. Denny loves guns. He loves Bush. He loves the flag. He loves red states and talks about red states and guns and Bush as though they are the epic and sacred and beautiful. Denny hates "liberals." He spits the word out with disdain, as though saying it alone leaves a foul taste in his mouth. He is prejudiced and politically incorrect. He makes perverse sexual advances towards all women, except as Denny would say, "the ugly ones." Despite all of this, Denny is somehow lovable. He's a satire of the more ignorant stereotype of America. But he's intensely human. He's never lost a case, but he lives in fear that he will. He loudly brags about violence being the solution, but he honestly tries to grow. He's not that good at it, but he TRIES. Like Denny, Alan is sexually perverse and offensive. He will stoop to any degradation to win a case. Even though Alan is as liberal as Denny is conservative. Even though Alan is as talented and genius now as Denny could ever have been in the past, the two are closer than brothers. He is fiercely loyal to Denny and others he cares about. Alan been there for Denny as no woman ever has. Alan reached out to Denny and forced Denny to open up his own well-protected vulnerabilities. The two of them are outrageous together and separately, showing up in matching pink flamingo costumes at the company Halloween party, spooning in bed when they shared a hotel room and Alan got lonely in the middle of the night, and endlessly show boating in court. Denny used to accuse Alan of wanting to have sex with him, but now Denny actively requests "sleepovers." They aren't a couple. But they love each other more than either could ever love a woman. Alan and Denny end every show sitting on the balcony outside Denny's office smoking cigars and drinking whiskey. They discuss that episodes adventures and philosophize about life, women, politics, and mad cow. The best Denny Crane moment was when he happened into court and a judge who hated him assigned him to represent a vicious, abusive murderer pro bono. Denny balked, but was threatened with jail time if he didn't take the case. Denny went into a private room to talk to his new psychopathic client. The client started to say horrible and offensive things to Denny. Denny casually placed his briefcase on the table, opened it, pulled out a gun and shot the murderer in the knee. Cue the hip, bluesy opening credits. Denny Crane. And, yes, he got away with it.
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