31-01-2014, 02:00 AM
Donald Manning Wrote:Quote:When asked about this later on the Discovery Channel's website, Gary Mack insisted that, unbelievable as it may seem, that it was in fact an innocent mistake. When it was pointed out to him that Jackie was not behind her husband, but was in front of him, he readily admitted: "She wasn't and we didn't catch it at the time. At the moment of the fatal shot, Jackie's head was in front of JFK, whereas our actor's head was behind him. However, that error had no bearing on the purpose of the recreation in Dallas. The only actor who needed to be seated correctly was JFK, and he was perfectly placed. After all, we were only trying to show whether or not a sharpshooter could see his target --Kennedy -- from the various locations."
Sleight of Jackie
http://www.patspeer.com/chapter16c%3Acon...ppointment
I remembered it slightly different to the actual text above and there may be lot's more but if he was actually there watching the set up and not on a museum break, well...
Seriously, why was Jackie only in that position for the GK shot?
Clearly to make the average viewer think, "nah, no one is taking that shot with Jackie so close".
Bullshit I think and on two scores.
First, Groden did tell one of the crew they had her lined up wrong. And he said Gary was in earshot of this. But they did not correct it.
Secondly, it did impact the recreation since Gary used it on the early editions of the show to eliminate a shot from that angle. I know this since someone mentioned it to me at work and used the Jackie excuse to eliminate that shot.
That is not the best angle though. The best angle, where I think the shot came from, is the one that Ryan is talking about here, further down the fence. Gary could not use the Jackie excuse from that angle. So either he or Discovery created the Magic Staircase. I don't know which deception is worse. And I don't know who is worse, the Sixth FLoor or Discovery.