Birthing Pangs by Sarah Stegall copyright 1999 by Sarah Stegall “Lullaby” written by Tim Minear directed by Joseph Scanlan Dr. Paul Turner’s mission is to combat “criminal abuses of science”, which makes him sound rather like a modern version of Captain America. This could easily turn into farce, with the cardboard bad guys and tinsel good guys of your average medical or legal drama. Fortunately, this is not going to happen as long as the producers and writers of “Strange World”, ABC’s new science fiction drama, keep tossing ambiguous story lines at us, like last Tuesday’s “Lullaby”. It’s easy to…
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Strange Luck: “Blindman’s Bluff”
Blind Man’s Bluff by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall Surely it is no coincidence that right after the OJ Simpson “not guilty” verdict electrifies America, we get an episode of “Strange Luck” built around a racially charged trial, an Eastern Jewish defense lawyer, and a white supremacist cop. There’s a fine line between being topical and being exploitative, and I am not sure but what Strange Luck has crossed it. Chance Harper is mistaken for a hitman and finds himself very briefly in possession of ten thousand dollars in cash–before a pickpocket steals it. His attempts to enlist…