ACROSS
1 “The Jungle
Book” villain
10 Character in the
comic “Mutts”
15 Stubborn
16 Howe’er
17 Mutton dish
18 Title from the
Arabic for
“master”
19 Litter call
20 Orchestra sect.
21 Electric guitar
effect
22 Christmas __
23 Mate’s affirmative
24 2013 Spike
Jonze film
25 Arctic coast
explorer
26 “Revolutionary
Road” author
Richard
28 “... high hope for
__ heaven”:
Shak.
30 Mil. awards
31 Part of many a
date
33 Cheapen
35 Diagonally ... or
what each of four
pairs of puzzle
answers form?
38 To date
39 Virtuous
41 Cry of discomfort
44 Romantic
evening highlight,
perhaps
46 Shore up, as an
embankment
48 Mil. branch
49 Present
50 Munch on
52 Former Abbey
Road Studios
owner
53 Gradual
revelation
55 Center
56 Record
57 Ice cream
thickeners
58 Peggy Lee
specialty
61 Alabama River
city
62 Chestnut
63 C.S. Lewis hero
64 “Looney Tunes”
lisper
DOWN
1 Half of a cartoon
duo
2 “Yoo-hoo!”
3 1944 Pacific
battle site
4 Univ. peer
leaders
5 Command level:
Abbr.
6 __-face
7 Winter warmer
8 Violinist who
taught Heifetz
9 State north of
Victoria: Abbr.
10 Electromagnetic
wave generator
11 Norse royal name
12 Leftovers
13 President before
Sarkozy
14 Friend of Calvin
21 Nuke
23 “A chain ... strong
__ weakest link”
24 Rail rider
27 French spa
29 Kind of
vegetarian
30 Caterpillar rival
32 Linguistic root
34 Derisive sound
36 “Yikes!”
37 Disentangle
40 Paper with a
Société section
41 Scar’s brother
42 Oklahoma
natives
43 Along with the
rest
45 __ network
47 Pooh pal
49 Seder month
51 “Modern Family”
network
54 Aunt with a
“Cope Book”
55 Blessed
58 Pulls a Charmin
shenanigan,
briefly
59 Skedaddle
60 Some routes:
Abbr.
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The cost of death on
‘The Walking Dead’
By MATT BARNAUSKAS
Daily Arts Writer
*Spoiler
Alert:
This
article
contains spoilers for “The Walk-
ing Dead,” “24” and “Game of
Thrones.”*
Oct. 25, 2015
Glenn (Steve Yeun, “The Leg-
end of Korra”) stands on top of a
dumpster as a hoard of zombies
surround him and his terrified
companion
Nicholas
(Michael
Traynor, “Rectify”). Glenn grabs
the man and tries to calm him
down. The two look at each other;
Nicholas whispers, “Thank you,”
raises his gun and shoots himself.
His flailing body falls into the sea
of walkers, taking Glenn with him.
Glenn lands on the ground and the
monsters converge, ripping and
tearing at flesh. Dramatic music
crescendos while the diegetic
audio fades out. Glenn cries out,
covered in blood as the camera
pulls away.
Fans of “The Walking Dead”
were shocked to see the charac-
ter go. Glenn, introduced in the
first season of the AMC mega-
hit, had gone from a shy delivery
boy into a seasoned warrior and
loving husband to Maggie (Lau-
ren Cohan, “Chuck”), all while
becoming a fan-favorite. Despite
seeing the worst the world had to
offer, Glenn still had hope when
he spared Nicholas, even after the
man tried to kill him. But it was all
for naught, as Glenn was claimed
by the bleakly brutal world of “The
Walking Dead” and viewers con-
templated a series without one of
their favorite characters.
From the series’ perspective,
the death held even more weight.
Not since Andrea’s death at the end
of season three had a character
introduced in the show’s inaugu-
ral season been killed off — a fact
made even worse considering the
playful callback Glenn made to his
first encounter with Rick over the
radio in the same episode. Glenn’s
death was a monumental move for
the show.
Or was it?
In a TV environment where
death is rampant, many viewers
abide by the mantra, “Not until I
see the body,” to confirm a charac-
ter’s death, something “The Walk-
ing Dead” would have a hard time
proving since Glenn was appar-
ently devoured. But further seeds
of doubt were planted, includ-
ing photos of Yeun on set next to
new characters and showrunner
executive producer Scott Gimple’s
(“Chase”) own vague statement.
To say the least, some people were
suspicious.
Nov. 22, 2015
After weeks of speculation,
these suspicions were confirmed
during the episode “Heads Up,”
as Glenn slipped out from under-
neath Nicholas’s dead body and
hid under the dumpster until the
hoard of zombies left. In spite of
seemingly impossible odds, Glenn
was alive as he began his trek back
to Alexandria.
However, among the initial
sighs of relief were the groans of
dissent. For some, “The Walking
Dead” had cheated its own rules.
Somehow, the ruthless reality of
the show had skipped over Glenn
and allowed him to survive, and
some people couldn’t buy it.
However,
“The
Walking
Dead” has had characters work
their way out of impossible situ-
ations before. In season four,
Tyreese (Chad Coleman, “The
Wire”) fought his way out of
a surrounding hoard of zom-
bies with nothing more than a
hammer. Daryl (Norman Ree-
dus, “The Boondock Saints”)
did much the same with some
embalming tools. Was Glenn’s
sneaky survival just the straw
that broke the camel’s back for
suspension of disbelief?
Perhaps a tired audience is
the answer, but “The Walking
Dead” committed a bigger crime
than just having a character
emerge from imminent death;
it has done that before and will
do it again. The bigger infraction
was its attempt to trick the audi-
ence and its subsequent emo-
tional manipulation.
Glenn went through a death
scene in all intents and purposes.
That’s how “The Walking Dead”
presented it; from Glenn in
anguish to the sorrowful music,
it was a scene meant to gauge a
specific emotional response from
an invested audience. However,
one vital element was missing
— Glenn didn’t die. Instead, the
show drew out his fate for four
weeks as characters mourned
his potential death. One particu-
lar scene had Maggie tell fellow
survivor Aaron (Ross Marquand,
“Impress Me”) about her preg-
nancy with Glenn’s child and her
husband’s death: “I don’t get to
know what will happen. I don’t
get to know why it happened.”
It’s an effective scene, but it’s
built on weak foundations that
amount to a fake out.
Glenn’s resurrection wasn’t
a reconsideration, like the sev-
enth season return of Tony
Almeida on “24” after his fifth
season “death,” or ambiguous
departure (predicated by source
material, like the Hound’s fate
in “Game of Thrones”). The
move was a calculated decep-
tion meant to achieve all the
emotional storytelling from a
character’s death but with none
of the consequences. From the
“death scene” to episodes of
subsequent remembrance, Scott
Gimple and his writers ran the
gamut of grief. But, at the end
of the day “The Walking Dead”
still has Glenn and now many of
those pivotal scenes ring hollow.
Going Forward
Following
Glenn’s
“death,”
Mary McNamara of the Los
Angeles Times wrote, “On ‘The
Walking Dead,’ however, death
is part of the immersive experi-
ence. The writers make regular
sacrifices of beloved characters,
in part to keep its monsters scary
but also to stay true to its con-
ceit: Just as our ancestors were,
and people around the world are,
continually struck down by natu-
ral predators, invading armies,
oppressive
governments
and
disease so are those living in the
world of ‘The Walking Dead.’ ”
“The Walking Dead” can’t be
afraid to kill off longtime favor-
ites or it risks betraying the
inherent nature that made it so
popular in the first place. A cast
of core characters is needed for
consistent investment and depth,
but no one should be invincible.
“The Walking Dead” pres-
ents a brutally honest universe,
where a character can die at any
moment; it does a disservice to
itself when it is not truthful with
its audience.
Such is the case with Glenn’s
near death and survival, a story-
telling maneuver that pulled the
wool over many viewers’ eyes
in hopes of delivering unearned
emotional payoff.
And so, the series enters
another critical juncture as it
moves forward. Will this kind
of storytelling become com-
mon as the main cast survives
and a sea of redshirts falls to
the encroaching zombies? Time
will tell. Perhaps “The Walking
Dead” has a harsh surprise in
store for its characters and audi-
ence, especially considering the
upcoming introduction of Jef-
frey Dean Morgan as the infa-
mous comic character, Negan, a
violent man with a penchant for
swinging a baseball bat named
“Lucille.”
But for now, “The Walking
Dead” has to live with the choice
it has made. Yes, the show still
has Glenn, but at what cost?
AMC
Sharon readies herself for revenge.
TV NOTEBOOK
Colbert’s ‘Late
Show’ better live
A trip to see a taping
on the day before
Thanksgiving
By ALEX INTNER
Daily Arts Writer
On
the
day
before
Thanksgiving, New York City’s
Ed Sullivan Theater was decked
out
in
special
decorations,
complete
with
a
fireplace
projection on the back screen
and fall-colored lights around
the studio. After a few hours
of waiting, I was finally seated
for the day’s taping of “The Late
Show with Stephen Colbert.”
The studio’s look told me it was
going to be a special episode,
and I was in for a fun hour-and-
a-half.
At television tapings, before
the audience sees anyone who’s
actually on screen, a comedian
comes out to “warm up” the
group. At “The Late Show,”
Paul Mecurio got the spectators
cheering
and
laughing.
He
achieves these two tasks in
different
ways:
telling
the
crowd to yell and cheer (“I
want you to be LOUD!”), and by
making fun of individual studio
viewers. I’ve seen Mecurio
before tapings of “The Daily
Show” (in fact, he accidentally
referred to Colbert as “Jon” at
one point), but at “Colbert” he
actually brought those he made
fun of onstage (instead of just
pointing and talking to them).
In fact, he actually had my dad
and me join him on the stage. (At
one point, my dad’s laugh stuck
out and got Mecurio’s attention.)
He didn’t get much time with us
(the stage manager was telling
him to wrap up his set), but there
was still enough for an audience
member to shout “Go Blue” at
our Michigan gear and for some
members to cheer for our native
New Jersey. It was a surreal
couple minutes, which went by
too fast.
One of my favorite aspects
was the show’s band, Stay
Human. Before Colbert went
out on stage, the band played a
seven-minute set. During that
performance, they energetically
presented a drum piece, with
each of the members getting
their own. Then, Batiste got the
chance to shine, as he led the
band through a few different
songs. He ran around the stage
and brought the audience in
with enthusiasm. During the
“commercial breaks” (yes, they
take breaks during the taping),
they played music from classic
up-tempo jazz to some slow
Blues, showing off a tremendous
range.
Even
as
stoppages
extended for several minutes,
Batiste and Stay Human made
them feel like nothing.
Still, seeing Colbert was
the reason I was there, and
we got to see some more of his
personality at the taping than
viewers do at home. In a mid-
show Q&A, an audience member
asked him about Tolkien’s “The
Silmarillion.” While Colbert is
known to be a huge “Lord of the
Rings” fan, it surprised me to
hear the specific details that he
shared on the topic. Most late-
night hosts do Q&A’s like this,
which gives the host a way to
bond with the group — Colbert
relishes this opportunity.
The crowd in the studio
also saw Colbert make some
mistakes during the taping. At
one point during the episode,
he told a joke about a monkey
being Ronald Reagan’s first
wife, and he laughed a bit too
much after telling it. So, he
had to repeat the joke a couple
times, remarking, “Do try to
enjoy that joke a second time. I
find comedy works better when
you
know
what’s
coming.”
There was also a moment where
the spectators cheered for a
character’s name, ruining a
planned bit. Colbert cut the
filming and told the group they
missed their cue, which made
the moment even better when it
happened.
The Thanksgiving episode
ended
with
Colbert,
Stay
Human and the episode’s guests
around a dinner table, eating a
feast cooked by Daniel Boulud.
When giving the toast, he
seemed grateful to be hosting
“The Late Show.” He makes
that feeling abundantly clear to
those in the studio by projecting
it into every segment, which
makes the several hours of
waiting worth it.
CBS
“...and so I told Sharon to go fuck herself!”
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