I love that scene.  It's a quick moment, but perfect.

people are catty, and no one is perfect.  people make fun of others without really thinking.  it seemed like normal behavior and rounded out her character.  Also, you have to remember you're probably thinking about it in context as a whole series where Shelly is basically a "good guy."  But when it aired it was when everyone was a suspect in a murder mystery... so when we were all speculating, "Is it Leo?" "No, it's James... he killed Laura!"  Someone could also chime in with, "Hey, don't forget Shelly. Remember that scene in the diner where she makes fun of Leland."

Oh, and she's also sharing the info and joke with the truck drivers.  Basically, the social equiv to her -commenting on the midclass problems, not their own.

~ 'I will give you my finest hour, the one I spent watching you shower' ~

"watch out for my cousin.."

Yeah, I always chalked that one up to the fact that Shelley wasn't really a big Laura fan. I can't say that I would be either, given the situation - Laura was seeing Bobby, who Shelley was genuinely falling for, and Bobby wasn't making any moves toward breaking up with her before she died... and Laura was screwing Leo, Shelley's husband. Even if she and Leo didn't have an ideal relationship, it would be a blow to know your husband was screwing someone else - especially the seemingly perfect mid-class homecoming queen! And I do think Shelley suspected that Leo was cheating with her on a regular basis. Shelley probably saw Laura as her competition. She didn't know all of the other stuff about Laura that led her to do the things she did, so there probably wasn't much sympathy.

And I do think that if I were a bystander at a funeral where everything went crazy - fighting, yelling, and a father jumping on top of the casket - I would at the very least comment on it afterward to other people... don't know if I'd do a reenactment like Shelley did (can' remember - was it a napkin dispense she used, or a hot-dog??) - that was a little much :) - but I would talk about it. Most people would, I'd think.

I had the same thought. The two of them seemed very uncomfortable in eachothers presence.

I also agree that for a teenager the whole circus of the funeral had to be quite funny. It must have been difficult for everyone to know whether they should laugh or cry.
 

 And I freakin LOVED your caption! It was my favorite! Had such a good time this year...

 When I watched that scene, it reminded me of how my friends and I felt on 9/11... how the whole world was in shock and we made jokes all day just to keep from screaming at how awful and completely unreal everything felt. Part of me still feels wrong about doing that, but it was a defense mechanism and we needed it. Not that the death of a fictional tv character is comparable to the deaths of who knows how many people, but it reminded me of that and actually kinda endeared Shelly to me. She is one of the "good guys" as PP said, and she got a pretty raw deal for the rest of the series.

Er, would you like some lemonade? I also have some saltines and some apple butter. Or would you like to wash your hands?

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You made jokes all day on 9/11 Empress.....???

it was exciting,wasn`t it.....

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