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Subject: Re: Why does everyone like Dr. Who
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Date: Thu, 17-Nov-83 12:26:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 17 12:26:21 1983
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As was said, Dr. Who has bad acting, bad script and bad plots
but it has that *magic* that is so seldom seen and never understood.
*magic* does not capture everybody and everyone seems to have a
different opinion of what *magic* is and what it is not.

R. Howard was not (in a literary regard) a good writer.  His characters
were shallow and the plots almost silly but he sure had a big piece
of that *Magic*.  I love everything I've ever read by Howard, even
though I can laugh about it later.

For me, Dr. Who is indeed rather poorly done but it's *magic* with a 
capital MAG.
-- 
Jeff Offutt
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
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