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Subject: Raised Eybrows
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Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 16:23:54 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 15 16:23:54 1984
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(Subject:  Spock's Eyebrow -- SPOILER)
 
Peter Merchant remarks:  "The eyebrow at the end ws great, though I haven't
quite figured out what might have caused it.  Fascinating."  I'll tell you
what I think caused it.  Consider poor Spock's situation.  He is
surrounded by a group composed of one unaccountably embarrassed
half-Vulcan and six awed, hopeful-looking, teary-eyed humans, hanging
on his every word.  Kirk looks as if he's going to start crying any
minute.  (Not that I blame him; I hadn't even quit snivelling over
the *Enterprise*, myself.)  I think he used the eyebrow to defuse
the situation, to bring the emotion down to a bearable level.  Even
though the scene in question is shot over Kirk's shoulder, it's
clear that when the eyebrow goes up, Kirk bursts out laughing.  Still
somewhat distressing to a Vulcan, but surely preferable to tears.
 
My favorite line was, "Where's the logic in offering me a ride home,
you idiot?"  (McCoy-cum-Spock, to the Federation Security Officer in
the bar.)  The perfect, and probably the only, fusion of Spock's
attitude with McCoy's expression of it.
 
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