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Subj : Re: McFadden vs Muldaur
To   : rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.startrek,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : Marcovaldo
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 01:51:25

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

"George Peatty" <pttyg47-1230@copper.net> wrote in message 
news:dgpap80gtf@drn.newsguy.com...

> 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.


Was she really conceived as a McCoy clone? If so, Muldaur should have 
watched more episodes of TOS. McCoy was never such a sourpuss. He could be a 
little cranky once in a while, but overall, he was a warm character. He got 
on well with the other crew members (Spock excluded) and smiled once in a 
while. Pulaski on the other hand, in addition to her dislike of Data, butt 
heads with Picard; and generally acted like she didn't want to be on the 
ship, hated her job, and was just biding time until retirement, which she 
was also planning to hate.

Was Muldaur fired? Since she went directly to a juicier role on L.A. Law, I 
had always assumed it was her decision to leave.

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