Mixing the Stories
Back when Liz was in Mtigwaki and Mike was in Toronto, the For Better or For Worse storylines would be in 1 to 2-week segments, usually not resolving a problem but furthering it along. The jumping back and forth meant that you had to be prepared to follow a story for at least a year and oftentimes for a lot longer than that. For example the Becky and Gerald story goes back 3 years.
Now that everyone is in the same house, Lynn Johnston is using the same method, but she is has taken the closeness in proximity to heart, and cut down the time between segments. So instead of having our heads jerked around trying to follow the issue after the week or two has passed, we have our heads jerked every single day. I suppose the whiplash will be something to look forward to.
Now that everyone is in the same house, Lynn Johnston is using the same method, but she is has taken the closeness in proximity to heart, and cut down the time between segments. So instead of having our heads jerked around trying to follow the issue after the week or two has passed, we have our heads jerked every single day. I suppose the whiplash will be something to look forward to.
posted by howard at 12:03 AM
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I think I need a neck brace to recover from the non-transition to today's strip. Way to drop the latest Gerald/Becky crisis like a hot potato and jump back to matters of the ever-fascinating HOUSENING, featuring the heretofore sedentary Michael taking up running with Dee all to service a lame pun on "stride." Grrrr.
Of course tomorrow, we may be back with April at school confronting Gerald with Becky.
The other possibility is that we will stay with Mike and Dee and during the course of the run, we get a visual montage of all the places which were important in Mike's life growing up and how he is looking forward to his children experiencing the same areas. At which point, Deanna will say, "No, Mike. We will not let our children wander so." Or Deanna will say, "Why aren't there any kids in this neigbourhood?" That would make the run worthwhile.
Most likely, tomorrow, we will jump to the John and Elly speaking mistily about the past as they sort of pack.
Hm--which outcome is most annoying? Lynn seems to favor that sort of direction. ;)
John and Elly packing gets my vote.
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