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[Bekah]

Gotcha  - but the reference made me think of Happy Days and Mash  
which did do some flashing around and were "nostalgia pieces"  so  
it's appropriate I suppose.   The technique there basically works the  
same way it works in Vineland - of course Vineland is not Happy Days  
or Mash.

Btw,  my mom,  age 85, watched an episode of MASH the other evening  
and told me that she just laughed and laughed.  She'd never seen it  
before.  Thought it was too ... something  ...  (Bekah?) ...  ,  I  
guess.   Now she's hooked on the old reruns.  (heh)

Bekah


On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:

>
> On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:41 AM, Bekah wrote:
>
>> I can't recall any television shows which used the flashback/flash- 
>> forward a whole lot.
>
> I'm not pointing to the usual sitcoms/soap-operas/crime-dramas. I'm  
> referring to made for TV movies and mini-series, multi-generational  
> sagas that resort to flashbacks to sustain continuity. While  
> "Titanic" is one of those big-time Hollywood movies, the techniques  
> in James Cameron's film come to mind. Note as well current programs  
> like "Without a Trace" that juggle time to resolve a "mystery."
>
> Of course, "Citizen Kane" is the all-time champion of the technique.