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"Jamie Rosen"  wrote in message
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> Michelle Steiner (michelle{at}michelle.org) writes:
> > In article
,
> >  "Rocky"  wrote:
> >
> >> Come on, this is really, really lame. Kane was never burned? He only
> >> imagined it, from the time he was a child.
> >

Yes, and he never looked in a mirror


> -- With Paul Bearer manipulating him, he never spoke and was at his most
> covered up. Presumably, this was because Bearer was reinforcing the
> "freakishly disfigured" belief of Kane.

Yes, Uncle Paul forced him to wear the spiffy wrestling outfit with matching
mask. Must have been quite a site at the supermarket and the mall...


>
> -- Kane started showing more skin, and using that voice box machine to
> help him talk; then X-Pac made him ditch the machine and convinced him he
> could talk without it -- and he could, because he wasn't really all that
> badly hurt by the fire.



> -- Kane continued to show more skin, and by the time he joined up with RVD
> he'd "overcome" his speech problem to the point where he could talk
> normally. Of course, the problem was all in his head to begin with.

what a hallmark moment, you mark. :P

> -- This also explains why women like Katie Vick and Torri (remember her?)
> would be willing to be involved with Kane (well, this and the fact that
> he ain't called the "big red machine" for nothin' ;) )

do you think he ever took the mask off for them or left it on?

> I like it when retrofitted angles fit so well. Really, up until the
> godawful burning-of-JR bit, I think the Kane angle was moving along
> swimmingly. And aside from that bit (which was really bad) it's still
> doing okay. Sure, no one's mentioned that Bischoff is just as much to
> blame as Austin, but a) Bischoff et al. wouldn't, b) Austin isn't
> necessarily the sort who would think of that, c) the Coach is too
> incompetent to be expected to think of it.
>
> If it still goes unmentioned next week, then yes, I'd say it's an
> oversight on the writers' part. But until then, I'm willing to treat it as
> an oversight on the part of the characters.
>
> I still have my hopes up for this Kane bit. Except for the burning (and
> some of the camera angle changes in the interview, but that's nitpicking)
it's
> been pretty decent so far.
>
> --
>
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