Hubris in "Deconstruction"... Minor Spoilers

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From: "John Lay" <john.lay at natinst.com>
Date: 4 Nov 1997 23:42:50 -0500
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I was saddened to see that Claudia was excised from the credits for
"Deconstruction" and thought the "Dedication" at the end was a bit over the
top.  I fear we have some more hubris on Babylon 5, but not from the
characters, this time.

I am a loyal, died-in-the-wool fanatic who has turned at least 3 other
people onto this show and have all but five episodes (from season 1) on
tape.  I find this public "rubbing-your-face-in-it" embarrasing.

I think it's very possible I wouldn't have watched the show without Ivanova.
She was my favorite character from day one.  True, Ivanova could have been
played by someone other than Claudia Christian, but that's a little like
saying Spock could have been played by someone other than Leonard Nimoy.
It's a fact, but useless.  At any rate, I'm saddened by her loss and find it
difficult to accept the circumstances surrounding it (even though I'm one of
those who believes that SHE left the show.)

I find it disheartening that JMS would go to the trouble and expense of
removing her bit from the intro (and not, for instance, Jason Carter's.)
Yeah, so I'll learn to live without her on B5, but I LOVED her character and
am stung by this obvious slap.

John Lay

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 5 Nov 1997 16:34:19 -0500
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>I find it disheartening that JMS would go to the trouble and expense of
>removing her bit from the intro (and not, for instance, Jason Carter's.)
>Yeah, so I'll learn to live without her on B5, but I LOVED her character and
>am stung by this obvious slap.

Here's another lesson: ask questions before making assumptions.

As I've noted elsewhere, WB called us 3 days before we were to uplink the
 episode and informed us that if we kept CC's credit in place on that episode,
 since she also appears in S5's final episode, it would trigger a substantial
 payment.  Jason we could leave in because he's not in Sleeping in Light,
 whereas she was.

It wasn't our choice, and it had nothing to do with anything other than the
 fact that she's also in SiL.  If you'd prefer, I could've cut her out of that
 one, and we could've had her credit in Deconstruction, but I doubt that's a
 solution either of us would approve of.


 jms
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