Miss May Dusa (18 Jan. 1987)

Jimmy James is playing his saxophone in the New York City subway when he meets an enigmatic woman named May Dusa, who claims to suffer amnesia and to have caused several accidental deaths.

Director:

Richard Blackburn

Writer:

Richard Blackburn

Stars:

Sofia Landon Geier, Gary Majchrazak, Yolanda Childress

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Sofia Landon Geier	...	Miss May Dusa (as Sofia Landon)
Gary Majchrazak	...	Jimmy James
Yolanda Childress	...	Bag Lady
Steve Tracy	...	Robber (as Steve R. Tracy)
Paul Sparer	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

Jimmy James is playing his saxophone in the New York City subway when he meets an enigmatic woman named May Dusa, who claims to suffer amnesia and to have caused several accidental deaths.

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 1987 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Laurel Entertainment Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

I have no idea what this is meant to be.

Tales from the Darkside: Miss May Dusa starts late one night as a woman (Sofia Landon) meets a saxophonist named Jimmy James (Gary Majchrazak) in a subway. They start to talk to each other it turns out that she can't remember much about herself, not even her name. Together they come up with the name May Dusa which sounds familiar to her. They fall in love with each other but May has a secret that might get in the way...

Episode 12 from season 3 this Tales from the Darkside story originally aired in the US during January 1987, written & directed by Richard Blackburn I really don't see what sort of enjoyment is meant to be gained from watching something as offbeat & seemingly pointless as Miss May Dusa. It almost feels like someone came up with the title Miss May Dusa which is obviously a play on the name of Medusa from Greek mythology & thought to themselves 'aren't I clever?' & then decided to write a story around it. To me Miss May Dusa is a really pointless & forgettable twenty minutes. If you ever wanted to know what Medusa would do in modern day America, what if she wasn't evil & didn't like turning people to stone, what if she feel in love & what if she had selective memory loss then this episode may answer your questions. It's fairly poorly written though, there's no explanation why she starts the episode as a mannequin, there's no explanation as to why she claims to have no memory but knows that she has murdered, that she has turned people to stone, where she is from & the like & there's no explanation as to why she turns the burglar into a mannequin (why not stone as suggested?) & why she turns back into a mannequin at the end.

Like a lot of Tales from the Darkside episodes Miss May Dusa uses only two locations & three actors. The traditional image of the Medusa from legend with a head of snakes instead of hair is abandoned & she's merely an average looking woman. There episode isn't scary, the twist doesn't make much sense & as a whole the episode isn't that entertaining. The acting is alright but the IMDb should realise that both first & last names begin with capital letters so their cast list should read Jimmy James rather than Jimmy james.

Miss May Dusa is a pointless little Tales from the Darkside episode, it's not horror orientated & I really don't see what the production team were aiming for.