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| GL's Blind Reva story is as unfocused as Reva's eyes. If there's a point to this saga, it's very blurry, since it doesn't connect to any other Springfield doings and it's not taking the affected character's anywhere new. The plodding plot-line has especially weakened Reva's character --- for months, she's been more pathetic than sympathetic, despite putting up the strongest front she can. Because Blind Reva acts so unfazed by her latest challenge, aside from her occasional moments of sorrow, the drama factor has been negligible. The true horrors of blindness? She doesn't feel 'em. The sad irony that the town's wildest woman is approaching the status of valiant victim? Nowhere in sight. To be truly interesting, Reva needs a formidable physical threat --- a living enemy --- to battle. The headstrong woman who bravely and formidably took on Sonni Carrera and Annie Dutton has been reduced to a morose hausfrau. The storyline's unintentional highlights have been a few laughs at a gun-wielding Reva, and a few groans at her Wait Until Dark-wannabe tussle with a hit man. As usual, Kim Zimmer is doing a fine, more-than-credible job with the material she's been given, but that hasn't been much. Since Reva apparently can't commiserate with her once-blind son, Dylan (who now works at a school for the blind!), how about a bonding session with Michelle, who suffered through her own blind spot? The GL writers need to take off the blinders where Reva is concerned. Kim Zimmer is the star of the show and she continues to get shafted. |