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Post by patriciaanne on Mar 29, 2022 16:45:20 GMT -5
Much of Harriet Olson's "meanness" involved her actions in promoting her children mainly Nellie. Given that Nellie was the main antagonist of the main characters Laura and Mary it made Harriet seem much worse than she was. I'll agree that Cora Beth was more annoying than mean. There are things I never understood about Cora Beth though. She seemed to talk about her hometown community "Doe Hill" as though it were some kind of modern Camelot when everything I've been able to gather about Doe Hill both in the series and in real life is that it is (and was) a real hole in the wall place. That makes sense, actually. I always felt that Corabeth was trying to take on a certain persona of being grand because she came from nothing -- and was ashamed of it.
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Post by patriciaanne on Mar 29, 2022 16:45:59 GMT -5
Interesting that people think that Harriet Oleson was the worst person in Walnut Grove when Mr. Larrabee was way worse. Oh I can name a ton of people who were worse: Nancy, Mr. Applewood, the Bully Boys, Irv Hartwig, Sylvia’s father, Sterling Murdoch, the father and brother in the family who temporarily adopted James and Cassandra, Kezia, Alice Garvey. The list goes on and on. What was wrong with Alice Garvey?
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Post by Kyle on Mar 29, 2022 16:59:32 GMT -5
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Post by carol on Mar 29, 2022 17:38:54 GMT -5
If you read the article you mentioned it is an urban legend. She did not use the baby as a battering ram to break the window.
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Post by csh2088 on Mar 29, 2022 23:40:26 GMT -5
Interesting that people think that Harriet Oleson was the worst person in Walnut Grove when Mr. Larrabee was way worse. Oh I can name a ton of people who were worse: Nancy, Mr. Applewood, the Bully Boys, Irv Hartwig, Sylvia’s father, Sterling Murdoch, the father and brother in the family who temporarily adopted James and Cassandra, Kezia, Alice Garvey. The list goes on and on. What did Alice Garvey do so bad?
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Post by goodnight on Mar 30, 2022 11:29:31 GMT -5
Oh I can name a ton of people who were worse: Nancy, Mr. Applewood, the Bully Boys, Irv Hartwig, Sylvia’s father, Sterling Murdoch, the father and brother in the family who temporarily adopted James and Cassandra, Kezia, Alice Garvey. The list goes on and on. What did Alice Garvey do so bad? What's your problem with Kezia?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2022 15:55:20 GMT -5
If you read the article you mentioned it is an urban legend. She did not use the baby as a battering ram to break the window. What? People thought Alice used the baby to break a window? Glass was a lot thinner back then but babies were just as wobbly and squishy back then. I cannot fathom thinking that there was any physical way to use a baby in this way. I suppose one could grab the infant by its feet and then whack its head against the glass, but I think the baby would just be to flimsy to accomplish anything. I think the glass would stay intact. I am sorry, but I can't stop laughing at the idea of it all. Okay, by definition, you cannot use a baby as a battering ram. Battering ram - Wikipedia In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the ram would be sufficient to damage the target if the log were massive enough and/or it were moved quickly enough (that is, if it had enough momentum ).
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Mar 30, 2022 19:58:46 GMT -5
What did Alice Garvey do so bad? What's your problem with Kezia? Who was Kezia?
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Mar 30, 2022 20:04:34 GMT -5
Both seemed put out by where they were living. Harriet actually was a working woman,whereas Corabeth depended on the kindness of family members who either needed her as a nursemaid or could support her.
They both had redeeming qualities but had a hard time getting people to warm up to them I think.
Of the two,I like Corabeth best.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2022 20:17:02 GMT -5
Both seemed put out by where they were living. Harriet actually was a working woman, whereas Corabeth depended on the kindness of family members who either needed her as a nursemaid or could support her. Interesting take as they did the same job. But you are correct. Harriet is the one that had the money, while Nels did not. And Ike had the money where Corabeth did not. I wonder what Harriet thought Walnut Grove was going to grow into? Corabeth knew Walton's mountain was a backwater something or other, while we do not learn where Harriet came from and if she chose Walnut Grove to live.
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Post by carol on Mar 30, 2022 22:44:16 GMT -5
If you read the article you mentioned it is an urban legend. She did not use the baby as a battering ram to break the window. What? People thought Alice used the baby to break a window? Glass was a lot thinner back then but babies were just as wobbly and squishy back then. I cannot fathom thinking that there was any physical way to use a baby in this way. I suppose one could grab the infant by its feet and then whack its head against the glass, but I think the baby would just be to flimsy to accomplish anything. I think the glass would stay intact. I am sorry, but I can't stop laughing at the idea of it all. Okay, by definition, you cannot use a baby as a battering ram. Battering ram - Wikipedia In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the ram would be sufficient to damage the target if the log were massive enough and/or it were moved quickly enough (that is, if it had enough momentum ). Not to mention Hersha Paraday aka Alice Garvey wasn't holding a real baby. She was holding a doll. They would have never been allowed to use a real baby in a scene with fire that close and according to Hersha Paraday that was real fire around her not the magic of TV making it look real.
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Post by csh2088 on Mar 31, 2022 0:06:31 GMT -5
If you read the article you mentioned it is an urban legend. She did not use the baby as a battering ram to break the window. What? People thought Alice used the baby to break a window? Glass was a lot thinner back then but babies were just as wobbly and squishy back then. I cannot fathom thinking that there was any physical way to use a baby in this way. I suppose one could grab the infant by its feet and then whack its head against the glass, but I think the baby would just be to flimsy to accomplish anything. I think the glass would stay intact. I am sorry, but I can't stop laughing at the idea of it all. Okay, by definition, you cannot use a baby as a battering ram. Battering ram - Wikipedia In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the ram would be sufficient to damage the target if the log were massive enough and/or it were moved quickly enough (that is, if it had enough momentum ). If you look at it Alice isn't using the baby's head she is trying to smash the window with her elbow. If you want to talk bad people how about that murderous, drug dealing, gang member that assaulted a teacher and beat up a student named Albert Ingalls.
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Post by nedandres on Mar 31, 2022 20:58:40 GMT -5
Zezia was a rather eccentric character who pretended that she lived in a real house when there was nothing there. She had a crow as a pet, I believe. She was portrayed by the wonderful British character actress Hermione Baddeley.
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Post by Easton on Mar 31, 2022 22:04:06 GMT -5
^ Ah, yes. The darling Mrs. Cratchit and one of Mrs. Banks' suffragettes.
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Post by noplacelikehome on Apr 1, 2022 13:50:53 GMT -5
I noticed the towns people were frequently laughing at Mrs. Oleson. I don't think they made fun of Corabeth to that extent. I started feeling sorry for Harriet, and then just stopped watching LHOTP all together.
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