1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 This is MJ. I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. Find all my work at MJMunoz.com 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:18,500 Welcome to Red Panda Report Special Number 5 where I will be talking about Season 17, Episode 43 of The Shadow, which aired June 27, 1954. 3 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:22,500 It's called The Vengeance of Angela Nolan. 4 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:31,000 And my little pet title for this review is A Scorned Woman, and you'll learn why as you continue to listen. 5 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:46,000 So, the first thing is, I was surprised that Margo came back, or that the episode started with Margo out of town, and then she came back so quickly after things went downhill. 6 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Anyway, if you want to know what I mean by things went downhill, well, I might talk about it later in the notes, but for sure, you can find out yourself by going to MJMunios.com. 7 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:03,000 You can either find the show notes on MJMunios.com for this episode of Red Panda Report Number 5, the special, Special Number 5. 8 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,000 When you're in the show notes, you'll find a link to the episode of The Vengeance of Angela Nolan. 9 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,000 It's there without extraneous commercials. It's the original broadcast, captured, and archived. 10 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,000 It's sourcedfromarchive.org, but you can stay on the website. It's also on my website. 11 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,000 And you just click on it, and you can listen to it right away. And once you do, you can come back here and finish this. 12 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:33,000 So, anyway, going into it. Margo was supposed to be gone for at least a couple more days, and she seems to have come back the next day after the crisis happened with Lamont. 13 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:38,000 And I'm curious as to why that is. It seems odd. It seems like sloppy writing. 14 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:46,000 Is it the sloppy writing or something that didn't get explained, or maybe it took a few days for things to process for Lamont to get in the jam that he was in? 15 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:51,000 But it sure doesn't sound like that by the dialogue in the rest of the episode. People keep referring to last night. 16 00:01:51,000 --> 00:02:01,000 And last night, earlier before the incident, Lamont was telling a lady who is deeply involved in this case that Margo was due back sometime next week. 17 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,000 And tomorrow is not sometime next week, unless, of course, it's Saturday night, and then Sunday is the first day of next week. 18 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,000 But still, that doesn't make sense and that doesn't sound right. Again, it could be sloppy. 19 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:20,000 There's a Shadow documentary, which I will post a link to, that one of the actresses, I think the lady who played Margo Lane in the final years of The Shadow, 20 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:27,000 says that things got sloppy and because people were doing it so long, they just put less care into it, 21 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:33,000 and it kind of became a machine where they were by factory process, banging out these episodes. 22 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,000 I don't know if that's what happened or what, but it still works. I didn't catch it till listening to this the second or third time, 23 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:45,000 and honestly, this episode blew me away the first time I heard it, so I don't know what to say about that. 24 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Okay, something else that I want to talk about. Margo's performance as the sane mam to Angela's guilt-ridden maniac is borderline brutal 25 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:08,000 and illustrates well the high level of rapport she and Lamont have, as well as how fiercely dedicated she is to helping her friend and seeing justice done. 26 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Now, this episode's called The Adventures of Angela Nolan. If you listen to it, you know Angela Nolan did a bad, bad thing, 27 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:24,000 and the way that Lamont and Margo go about entrapping her is impressive, especially because Lamont says something to her like, 28 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Now, Margo, just follow my lead, and she goes in and speaks with Angela under the guise of being a, I can't remember, a reporter or something like that, 29 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:41,000 and it's brilliant the way they drive this woman to madness. Anyway, it's just, it's very good stuff. 30 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Something I found kind of peculiar. I believe Lamont, I believe Lamont that Angela Nolan turned out to be a serious threat for him, 31 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:59,000 but it seems funny that some lady who was no criminal mastermind was able to put together a solid frame-up job on Cranston. 32 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:06,000 It is also curious that she blames Cranston not the shadow for her brother's conviction and execution. 33 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Is he helping the police consistently as Cranston now, and if so, why? Again, I listened to this episode out of context. 34 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:19,000 It's possible that all of season 17 or all of season 2 through 17 were Lamont Cranston working with the police 35 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,000 and having to become the shadow when he had to, but if he's just a wealthy young man about town, 36 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:28,000 then what is he doing helping the police explicitly? It doesn't really make sense. 37 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Now, because the shadow did it, the red panda did it, where there are instances, especially like in the novels, 38 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:43,000 especially Android assassins, that the civilian identity of the superhero gets mixed up with things, 39 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,000 and it's kind of interesting, and yeah, I just find it curious. I do find it curious. 40 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Okay, so moving on, I do want to talk a little bit about Angela Nolan. 41 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,000 She had no powers or scientific weapons, just a burning hatred for Lamont Cranston, 42 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:05,000 and I guess sometimes hate is all you need because she really did come close to getting this guy thrown into the electric chair. 43 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:12,000 I don't think they were going to do it that soon because it would have had to have been a trial, but really, she did... 44 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:19,000 If Cranston wasn't the shadow and the shadow wasn't around to help Cranston, then he would have died 45 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:25,000 for a crime he didn't commit, and that's pretty darn impressive. 46 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Anyway, that lady sticks out in my mind, and it's not even like... 47 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:36,000 They could have had her in more of the episode. She was barely in it, but still, what she was in left a very profound impression, 48 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:43,000 so that was good stuff. I really enjoyed that episode. For it being, as that one actress said, 49 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:50,000 kind of rougher in its later years, I still think they were turning out a very high-quality product with the shadow, 50 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:57,000 even in 1954. So I believe that is all I have to say. 51 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:04,000 By the way, that's a 17-year span. There's 17 seasons. I believe 37 to 54 is 17 years, 52 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,000 and that is... Wow, that is darn impressive, especially for a radio show. 53 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,000 I think it's impressive for a radio show. I don't know of anything that has such a close record, 54 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:18,000 but then again, I haven't checked into all the radio shows either. Maybe Buck Rogers has 16 seasons. I'm not sure. 55 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Anyway, for me, that is it. I'm going to go ahead and get out of here. Next episode, I will be talking about the 1994 cult classic, 56 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:35,000 perhaps, The Shadow, starring none other than Alec Baldwin. And I won't make any comments. 57 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Anyway, it's an interesting movie. This is going to be my third time watching it. The first time I watched it was in 1994, 58 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:48,000 you guessed it, I went with my family to the theater as a kid, and after that, I didn't really watch it anymore, 59 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,000 except for a few months ago, and then actually, I'm not yet finished with watching it for this analysis. 60 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 So, I'll be doing that pretty soon, and I'll be getting back to you, and then after that, 61 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:07,000 we'll be talking about Red Panda from then on out on Red Panda Report. For now, this is MJ signing out. 62 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I hope you enjoyed that. Go to MJMunoz.com to leave any questions, comments, or other feedback you might have. 63 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:24,000 There, you can find all of my analysis, art, and fiction. I cover books, tokusatsu, comic books, anime, and more. 64 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Look around, you're sure to find something else that you'll enjoy as well. This has been a Story Over Everything production.