By Marlena De Lacroix
In Part 1 of this column, I used that great 1947 Broadway musical in which a mythical ancient town full of joy and real human goodness reappears and vanishes once a decade as a metaphor for the brief return of Lorraine Broderick as headwriter of All My Children.
Ms. Broderick’s self-chosen short-lived return represented a short sojourn back into a soap opera world that now exists […]
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, MARLENA | 13 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
When I was a young girl my mother took me to City Center in Manhattan to see a revival of the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon. In it, two American men on a trip to Scotland stumble upon a strange town, the Brigadoon of the title, from a
Can Agnes Nixon, who brought us […]
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, MARLENA | 5 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 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
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 »
By Damon L. Jacobs
When I interviewed Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Novak Lavery on All My Children) on SoapNet’s “Rock the Soap Cruise,” all I kept thinking was, “courage.” This young woman has the courage to reach inside herself and expose the deepest parts of her soul every day in front of her audience and in […]
Posted on May 1st, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, SOAP SHRINK | 1 Comment »
By Damon L. Jacobs
Combine the beauty of Jennifer Garner and the comic timing of Debra Messing and what do you get? The hysterically entertaining and insightful Elizabeth Hendrickson! During SoapNet’s “Rock the Soap Cruise,” we talked about her experiences and life lessons learned from mistakes on All My Children and her current run on The Young and […]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, SOAP SHRINK, Young and the Restless | 7 Comments »
Thinking Bobans (Bobbie fans) on Ms. Eakes: Says renee, “I’ve become a Boban because of her insightfulness” … and DSO816, “She’s an unheralded and spirited actress” … and Dana Webb, “She is so down to earth and balanced” … and more. See Comments below.
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By Damon L. Jacobs
Before meeting Bobbie Eakes on SoapNet’s “Rock the Soap […]
Posted on April 17th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, SOAP SHRINK | 8 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: BL avers, “I have to say the line (on AMC) about how lesbians don’t kiss men was perfect, because why would they?” … Carl posits, “GL has been so much about nasty thugs over the past few years, Phillip’s return is a way to bring a more heroic character back into the spotlight” […]
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, General Hospital, Guiding Light, MARLENA | 27 Comments »
