Subj : Re: McFadden vs Muldaur To : rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.startrek,alt.tv.star-trek.tos From : longterm Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 02:51:21 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos On 20 Sep 2005 08:44:40 -0700, George Peatty wrote: >In article <1126930641.939063.216700@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, The Thunder >Child says... > >[snip] > >>Also, I confess I never did watch much Star Trek: TNG, - usually only >>when Q was a guest star, frankly! But I watched a few eps with Muldaur >>and seem to remember getting the impression that the other cast members >>didn't care for her - like she was never in the same shot with them, or >>something. > >>Am I imagining that as well? > >Muldaur asked for and received "special" billing, similar to what Edward Hermann >receives today on Gilmore Girls. That "might" have to torqued some of the TNG >cast. > >Her replacing McFadden was Roddenberry's choice, and had he lived, McFadden >would not have returned, I believe. > >Of more interest to me is why so much of the fan community despises Muldaur. >Yes, she was a McCoy clone, and yes she lacked a certain warmth, but she was an >interesting character, and Muldaur was light-years better than McFadden as an >actress. (I just love "..like Achilles sulking in his tent," for example) >Muldaur never gave a bad performance on TNG, yet she was gone in a year. >Damfino why. Muldaur was damned annoying like Darren's mother on Bewitched "Frank, I've got a sick headache." I wish to God that she had died in that lava pit instead of Tasha Yar. .