By Marlena De Lacroix
Publicity whores! Marlena hates them! I’m so sorry that my otherwise carefree, wonderful summer was interrupted by my rants to friends visiting our summer cabin about how James Franco has taken over the daytime world this year. Not just with his repeated visits to General Hospital as Franco, but his egotistical appearances […]
Posted on August 11th, 2010 by admin
Filed under: General Hospital, MARLENA | 12 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
Recently I was asked by a fan why I am not posting much anymore. Here’s why: Today on One Life to Live I watched a woman who had just delivered a baby graphically fall through ice and drown. Not three months ago I had watched a
Does any TPTB on soaps, so desperate for ratings, actually have any moral sense at […]
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, As the World Turns, General Hospital, MARLENA, One Life to Live, Young and the Restless | 39 Comments »
By Ed Martin
Everything about General Hospital that I have come to loathe during the last ten years was on proud, pungent display last week, to such a degree of extreme outrageousness I could not look away.
I must admit that there was an infectious lunatic energy to it all, which could account for my deep fascination […]
Posted on November 9th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: GUESTS, General Hospital | 19 Comments »
By Marilyn Henry
There already have been big discussions on the internet about Jonathan Jackson returning to his role as Lucky on General Hospital. Newer viewers who don’t know his work are jolted; other long-time viewers are thrilled. I don’t know whose bad
In the last few weeks, the show seems to have turned a corner. Good grief, […]
Posted on November 1st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: GUESTS, General Hospital | 13 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
1. Isn’t it most curious that two of the most intelligent women characters in daytime — Dr. Marty Saybrooke on One Life to Live and fashion mogul Jackie M on The Bold and the Beautiful – have gone from brunette to blonde in the last few months? Fashion, or just another attempt by the networks/shows to “dumb down” smart female characters? […]
Posted on October 26th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, As the World Turns, Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, MARLENA, One Life to Live | 9 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
Bonjour, everyone. This November will mark 20th anniversary of my becoming Marlena De Lacroix, soap critic. Marlena’s mission has always been to write the truth as I see it, no matter how impolitic.
But now, for me — I repeat, for me — it’s clear that we’ve reached the end stage of […]
Posted on October 10th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, MARLENA, Young and the Restless | 20 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
James Franco to guest star for two months on General Hospital has to be the biggest bombshell news in the decades I’ve watched and written about soaps. I just heard, and it’s fabulous! As much as I love soaps, my mind jumped to wise guy remarks, a la David Letterman’s nightly Top […]
Posted on October 1st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: General Hospital, MARLENA | 15 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
I usually don’t read a lot of previews or spoilers. But what I’ve seen this week and what I’ve read for the rest of the month of September alarms me. The ABC soaps seem to think its sweeps month, staging stunts and attention-getting storylines that are de rigueur in crucial ratings-measuring months. […]
Posted on September 11th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, General Hospital, MARLENA, One Life to Live | 12 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: James speculates, “My own preference for bringing back the vets would be a storyline where it is revealed that they all joined a witness protection program and are brought back to testify against Sonny” … while Melanie declares, “The good think about the outrageousness of soaps (and characters like Helena) is that anything is […]
Posted on April 14th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: GUESTS, General Hospital | 12 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Ann demands to know, “Why is Guza doing this to Robin? It kills me to see people on the GH boards calling wonderful brave Robin a slut and a cheat because this PPD is being used to destroy her character” … while Elvira rejoices, “Guiding Light’s creative resurgence (headed by the old-school […]
Posted on March 30th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: General Hospital, MARLENA, One Life to Live, Young and the Restless | 18 Comments »
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