As an American actor/ screenwriter I think, "Woman of Fire" is not only a gem of an episode in this series, but also shows Pernell Roberts' wonderfully, inventive performance as the exasperated, but resourceful, "Adam Cartwright" trying to play matchmaker for the enormously talented Joan Hackett and her beau. Roberts pulls out all the stops with his clever, deft approach to the situation, as he trys to handle the fiesty Hackett. And the last scene, where Roberts quotes Shakespeare as Hoss and Little Joe playfully tease him, is a joy to behold. Truly a classic, timeless episode... Beau Dare.
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Cartoonish Version of Taming of the Shrew
rbirds-21 July 2017
Overacting is rife in this episode which depends on a comic tone to excuse all of the hamming it up. Wearisome after a few minutes.
Beyond that is the '60's temperament regarding women. Early in the episode Adam turns the shrewish character over his knee for a spanking. Today we call that assault and battery. In the episode it is just a humorous moment.
Beyond that is the '60's temperament regarding women. Early in the episode Adam turns the shrewish character over his knee for a spanking. Today we call that assault and battery. In the episode it is just a humorous moment.
Adam introduces the room to a new kink
glitterrose17 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Okay, I'll start off this review by claiming total ignorance on topics involving Shakespeare. My feelings on Shakespeare mirror Jake's feelings on "Two and a Half Men". He thought it was the wrong book and it was in a foreign language.
"Fire" is a topic to debate about. I do feel like you can have fire inside of you but you still need to not be a rotten house guest. I feel like the lady in this episode was being disrespectful of the Cartwrights by the way she acted and destroying possessions that didn't belong to her. She wouldn't like it if somebody broke her stuff, ya know?
I do feel like this episode is a refreshing twist. Although you might still have people being offended that you have a Cartwright trying to tame a woman. The guy that this lady was gonna marry wanted a fireball. He didn't want her all tame. He loved her the way she already was. No changing needed.
And let's get to the spanking. Can I blame people for getting irritated at seeing a grown man spanking a grown woman? No. Am I offended? No. I'm gonna lay it out for anybody reading this review. This woman had a hot enough temper that she could've easily punched Adam's teeth down his throat for laying his hands on her like that. So it's in my head cannon that she went upstairs to think about why she enjoyed that spanking so much. ;)
"Fire" is a topic to debate about. I do feel like you can have fire inside of you but you still need to not be a rotten house guest. I feel like the lady in this episode was being disrespectful of the Cartwrights by the way she acted and destroying possessions that didn't belong to her. She wouldn't like it if somebody broke her stuff, ya know?
I do feel like this episode is a refreshing twist. Although you might still have people being offended that you have a Cartwright trying to tame a woman. The guy that this lady was gonna marry wanted a fireball. He didn't want her all tame. He loved her the way she already was. No changing needed.
And let's get to the spanking. Can I blame people for getting irritated at seeing a grown man spanking a grown woman? No. Am I offended? No. I'm gonna lay it out for anybody reading this review. This woman had a hot enough temper that she could've easily punched Adam's teeth down his throat for laying his hands on her like that. So it's in my head cannon that she went upstairs to think about why she enjoyed that spanking so much. ;)
Taming the Spanish Shrew
bkoganbing1 July 2017
When Jay Novello is visiting the Ponderosa from Mexico he brings his daughter Joan Hackett with him. Usually visiting daughters are popular among the Cartwright boys, but in this case the overbearing manner of this to the manor born senorita is getting on everybody's nerve. Nothing pleases her about the Cartwrights in this episode.
It's Pernell Roberts who feels the brunt of her displeasure and he reacts like Petruchio with Katherine in The Taming Of The Shrew. There's also Cesare Danova who is promised Hackett by Novello, he might take things the wrong way.
Joan Hackett who co-starred with Charlton Heston in Will Penny was praised to the skies for her talent by Heston in his memoirs. She died way too young.
An interesting if somewhat classical Bonanza.
It's Pernell Roberts who feels the brunt of her displeasure and he reacts like Petruchio with Katherine in The Taming Of The Shrew. There's also Cesare Danova who is promised Hackett by Novello, he might take things the wrong way.
Joan Hackett who co-starred with Charlton Heston in Will Penny was praised to the skies for her talent by Heston in his memoirs. She died way too young.
An interesting if somewhat classical Bonanza.
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