1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,080 This is MJ, I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,600 You can find all my work at MJMunoz.com. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,640 Join me as I analyze the thrilling Red Panda adventure's number 8 Curse of Beaton Hall, 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:16,040 featuring a hotel, a hasty honeymoon, and a haunted hotel. 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:17,040 That's two hotels there. 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,480 I did not mean to do that, but I'm not going to fix it now. 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:20,480 Too bad. 8 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,320 I'll have to be more careful next time. 9 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,320 Perhaps it was too early in the morning. 10 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,600 Curse of Beaton Hall, originally aired April 15, 2006. 11 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:34,320 It was written and directed by Greg Taylor, and here is the copy from DakotaRingTheatre.com. 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:39,960 Beaton Hall, an idyllic resort not far from the city, an oasis from the cares of the world, 13 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,640 or a spider's web of danger and death. 14 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:47,080 When the guests of Beaton Hall begin to meet with a series of unfortunate accidents, the 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,440 press decides the old family manor must be cursed. 16 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:55,080 The city's greatest champion suspects murder rather than misfortune. 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,600 Can the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel defeat this deadly game, or will they become 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,560 the final victims of the Curse of Beaton Hall? 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,960 So I'm going to launch right into my analysis of this. 20 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:13,480 And first of all, actually I'm going to belay that and I'm going to stop myself and say, 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,480 I liked this episode. 22 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:15,480 It was good. 23 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,480 It was fun. 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:17,480 A lot of good moments in it. 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,320 Lots of cute moments between Kit and Red Panda. 26 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:27,680 And there was, like, I don't mind it, and it didn't bother me except for in the wider 27 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,200 context of things. 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:36,380 There's a he-too moment, I would say, where Kit basically tries to coerce Red Panda into 29 00:01:36,380 --> 00:01:42,800 kissing her in front of all the guests, or well, yeah, kissing her in public in order 30 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:50,200 to sell their schtick as a married couple on their honeymoon at this hotel. 31 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:56,200 And I just thought it was kind of funny because if he had tried to say, oh, you know, this 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,320 cover idea would work better if you kissed me, Kit, that could be uncomfortable. 33 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,160 And I don't think Taylor would write something like that. 34 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,080 And it's just ironic that Kit can write it, and it's fine all day long. 35 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:11,760 But it struck me as odd, and I thought, isn't that sexual harassment technically that she's 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,880 trying to do on her boss? 37 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:20,800 And he just deescalates the situation, defuses the situation by doing one of his, no, no, 38 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,040 I don't see that, that's not what's going on here, things. 39 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,800 And you know, it works in the context, and it is funny, but it's also, I don't know, 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,600 it's just kind of pointing at a little odd. 41 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,600 And yeah, that's it. 42 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,080 Okay, so moving on to the real good stuff. 43 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,840 That couple in the beginning of the episode after the intro, that Charlie and Susan who 44 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,600 they were killed and Red Panda read about it in the paper while Kit was driving around, 45 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,600 and that's what sparked them going to Beaton Hall, their scene was really good. 46 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:59,200 I think, gosh, I think that's, I don't remember the guy's name. 47 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,040 I like his voice all right. 48 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:06,920 I think he's asked to do like a more hammed up, you know, fancy men voice. 49 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:10,140 Oh, darling, surely this must be wrong. 50 00:03:10,140 --> 00:03:11,140 He was Peter. 51 00:03:11,140 --> 00:03:17,520 He was the guy who played Peter in the, oh man, the rabbit season episode. 52 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,120 So like there's nothing wrong with his performances. 53 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:26,360 The style of them is, you know, he's been asked to do these like over dramatic, you 54 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:32,560 know, socialite guy, you know, never worked on his day in his life type of person, which 55 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,680 again, I think he does a commendable job. 56 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,960 I believe the lady who does the voice of his wife though is Judy Florio, who ends up doing 57 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,840 the voice for Harry Kelly for a long time, which is an important character coming up 58 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:47,840 maybe next season. 59 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,400 Maybe he's a season three guy because it's still season one anyway. 60 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,820 And he's a kid. 61 00:03:53,820 --> 00:03:55,400 So that's why she does his voice. 62 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,720 And anyway, I think she does a fabulous job. 63 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:04,920 Got a great range as a, you know, a woman and then also as the kid later on. 64 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,280 And she's played like a tough or something too in one of these episodes. 65 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:14,000 So anyway, I like her performance a lot, but like especially her terror and his, cause 66 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,280 he was trying to put her at ease. 67 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:18,480 So her terror really sold it. 68 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,280 And then eventually when he freaks out and then they were like, you know, choking to 69 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:24,000 death, both of them did really well. 70 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:30,240 And it honestly did make it creepy, especially with all the, the laugh track and the, you 71 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,040 know, the, I don't think they had the chandelier crash, but you know, they couldn't get through 72 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,700 the walls or anything like that of the maze. 73 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:41,720 That was really creepy and effective and I thought that was excellent, excellent work. 74 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:47,040 I thought it was funny that, you know, after they had discussed this case and red pandas 75 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:54,840 suggested they go in to the country as a married couple to disguise their identities further 76 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:59,920 and allow them to operate there without drawing attention to him, this big socialite being 77 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:05,160 there that she almost crashed the car and like he didn't either didn't pick up on it, 78 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,720 which is odd cause he's, you know, this great detective in the red Panda or he chose to 79 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,240 ignore it, which I think is actually the case as you'll see later on. 80 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,640 There's a lot of, I'm going to choose to ignore this for the sake of, you know, keeping 81 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,400 these normal and good or whatever. 82 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:24,200 But you know, she almost crashes into a lamp post and then she says, like that's funny. 83 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,840 First of all, and the, the like sound design on that was good. 84 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:29,800 There was a screeching and a honking and whatever. 85 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,160 And then she says, oh, he just jumped out right in front of me, which obviously a lamp 86 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,040 post did not do. 87 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,080 And she's like too flummoxed by the whole situation to even make up a good excuse for 88 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,760 why she almost crashed. 89 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,440 And that was a lot of fun. 90 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,120 And then I liked them going into Beaton Hall as John and Jane Morris. 91 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,880 That was a lot of fun. 92 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,280 I actually, the first time I listened to this, I thought, I wonder if he's going to turn 93 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:57,040 out to actually be John Morris or John something or something Morris. 94 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,860 And there's like a little clue there for who the red Panda's real identity is, if we ever 95 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:04,120 find out one day, which I'm sure we won't. 96 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,520 And that was kind of fun. 97 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,200 Although I did think it was kind of weak that they're John and Jane. 98 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,600 I mean, we a little more creative than that, right? 99 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,320 It seems a little too obvious, but sometimes, you know, couples have those names that just 100 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:18,320 go together like that. 101 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:19,320 And that's kind of funny. 102 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:27,400 And then the whole thing with the, the attack by the mystery killer and the crashing chandelier, 103 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,680 that's a very classic, you know, trapped in a manner or even like Phantom of the Opera 104 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,680 type thing. 105 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:34,680 And it was cool. 106 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,680 I liked it. 107 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,760 It was like just, it was very classic mystery. 108 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,320 And I thought it was a lot of fun. 109 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Done very well. 110 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:48,360 I did think it was odd that they used Clarissa, the Netherlands, Voice of the Flying Squirrel 111 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:53,200 and Kit Baxter for the laugh because while she has a great creepy laugh, it sounds too 112 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,680 much like her. 113 00:06:54,680 --> 00:07:01,720 And I almost wish they had like lampshaded that a little bit in having her make a comment 114 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,040 and about it, but I don't think it happened. 115 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:10,320 Maybe there was like a very soft lampshading, but it didn't quite work for me. 116 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,440 But I thought it was interesting that they did that, especially because, you know, she's 117 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,960 not the only one who can do a crazy wicked laugh like that. 118 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,880 Or they could have modulated or they could have done something to make it a little more 119 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,480 seamless the fact that that's, you know, just her laughing. 120 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,480 It sounded like the flying squirrel laughing a little bit. 121 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:35,700 So that was, that detracted a tiny bit, but still not to a major extent. 122 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:37,800 And then they didn't really use any gadgets. 123 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,520 There wasn't really any lore going on in this episode. 124 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,840 The villain, I kind of don't want to spoil it. 125 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,720 I'm not sure why, is the beaten bastard. 126 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,560 And you know, that is a clue, but it's also not telling you who it is. 127 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,760 And if you haven't listened to it yet, it's a reason to go back. 128 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,920 And to go ahead and listen to it. 129 00:07:53,920 --> 00:08:01,280 And which you can find links to DakotaRingTheatre.com in the show notes here on mjmunoz.com. 130 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:07,200 And anyway, it was a cool, it was a cool way for it to go. 131 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,400 It was a cool villain idea. 132 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,760 And I liked the plot that he had and what he was trying to attain and how he was trying 133 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,760 to do it as well. 134 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:20,240 Because they go into a little bit of that and it's neat to have this mystery set up 135 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,000 and then have our heroes unravel it. 136 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,280 And it made it a lot of fun. 137 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:29,520 So anyway, that's all I have to say about this one. 138 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,560 Let me know, excuse me, let me know what you thought about the episode or any of the stuff 139 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:34,560 that I said. 140 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:39,760 You can make a comment over on mjmunoz.com or any of the places where this is published. 141 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:47,680 You 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