The world of the series seems to have its own rules. The most famous, leave the unresolved secret facing its next episodes. Thus, the finals with shocking revelations or climbing have become an important element so that the public is connected to delivery. But the first production that successfully reached the formula was mythical Dallas (1978-1991), which for eight months had its own audience for eight months with the end of its third season. That, experimenting with the possibility of demonstrating the murder, Without confirmation of the death of character or personality of the criminal.
At a distance of decades, it may seem that the history of a rich family, which is fighting for power between traps and manipulations, is not particularly attractive. But for the premiere of the series, in 1978, the production of David Jacobs, innovations in several different aspects. The main one, turning all their characters into gray moral figures, capable of performing dubious and even illegal actions, for pure greed. In addition, in a corporate scenario, in which any trick, even the dirtiest, was tolerant. Thus, the Texas clan of Ying was far from impeccable.
The “evil younger yung” (Larry Hagman), the eldest son and the visible head of the family. A perverted person who is able to deceive, lie and even murder to stay at the top of the oil company that he directed. So, quickly he became a favorite villain of the audience. For two seasons, it seemed, a figurative character found a way to become an object of hatred of not only his relatives, but also the public. So, the end of the third season, which ended with the fact that JR received a shot of an unknown killer, This struck North America.
An experiment that went well
The shocking chapter was a calculated risk. By that time, all seasons were the perfect time to make plots, say goodbye to the characters and close plot arches. Especially, for almost eight months, when the new episodes took up the air, and what they tested, the ability of various areas to remain attractive.
Thus, the decision of David Jacobs believe that the hearing will maintain interest in what happened in the closure of delivery was bold and subversive. In an interview in 1991, the producer admitted that the leaders of CBS were afraid that Dallas was a failure. Much more that the public was not interested in a mystery that did not offer an immediate answer.
But Cliffhanger, who did not show the criminal or specified whether the Jr shot experienced an unprecedented success. Audience Dallas He tripled and became a mass phenomenon. For eight months they subtracted the premiere of the next issue, the phrase Who shot the youngest?Part of the popular culture was made. So much, so a sign Saturday evening on the air He created a sketch that became the classic of the American comedy. Obsessive toilets and las -Vegas were sold on the street, There were bets on the personality of the attacker For the numbers of a millionaire.
The first of the Great Skalhangers
Fury even jumped into the political sphere. A few weeks before the 1980 presidential elections in the United States, Republicans gave a button of their supporters in which they read Democrats shot the youngestThe field, in turn, Jimmy Carter counterattacked and said that the detection of the name of the killer could finance his campaign for re -choice. Meanwhile, the entire cast of Dallas, Transformed in world celebrities, he tried to avoid revealing the most valuable secret of the series.
The highest point of this phenomenon came when the mother of England asked Larry Hagman about the name of the mysterious criminal. All during the function Royal diversity 1980 in London. This news was the first apartment, but also showed that the rage around the program has become more than local curiosity. Dallas He has just become a world milestone.
The record is hard to win
The first chapter of the fourth season of Dallas, the prime minister, took place on November 7, 1980. Episode called “ Good guy, pestilenceHe reached an audience of 83 million spectators, which made him one of the most popular in history. And although the secret was not immediately hit ,, Production turned a long study of part of the central history of the plot.
At the end of the season and already with the personality of the killer, opened, Dallas It was much more than the series. In addition, it was a milestone pop culture, an elongated shadow forgotten in the world of entertainment in the next decades. A parody of Simpsons In 1995, with the head called Who shot Mr. Burns?When a mythical episode is recreated, In the series, how Double peaks And the British EastendersWho paid tribute DallasField
The truth is that the most famous climb on television is also an event in the world of the show, which demonstrated the power of the series. In addition, this marked the beginning of the production in a serialized format, as we know it today. For the history of world entertainment.
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