By Marlena De Lacroix
With spoilers, there are no storyline surprises on soaps anymore. That’s not to say that the ways in which storylines are presented can really come as shockers — especially in the February sweeps that just wrapped up, the sweeps in which we expected little to nothing interesting because of the Writers Strike. […]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, As the World Turns, General Hospital, Guiding Light, MARLENA | 16 Comments »
By Patrick Erwin
A few months ago, I shared with our “Thinking Soap Fans” my thoughts on the Luke and Noah story on As the World Turns, and what it meant to me.
In the last few weeks, buzz about the story has erupted into controversy, as many fans are up in arms about the show’s reluctance to […]
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: As the World Turns, PATRICK | 9 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
All My Children’s newly revived characters Angie and Jesse are causing me pain. At the end of every scene they are in, I start to hurt, because I have to watch so many scenes of the rest of the storylines on AMC until I see them in their next scene. These characters […]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, MARLENA, Yearning for Yesterday | 20 Comments »
By Patrick Erwin
Guiding Light has gotten an awful lot of ink lately — not over storylines or any actor or actress, but because of some substantial changes in the way the show is made and produced. Many mainstream press outlets have reported on these changes — giving them another opportunity to poke fun at the soap genre – or […]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Guiding Light, PATRICK | 15 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
My readers know what disdain I usually have for stagey sweeps stunts, so imagine my shock at being sucked into the very beginning of last Friday’s episode of Days of Our Lives and then spit out an hour later thoroughly entertained … and even thrilled!
The plane carrying various members of the Brady […]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Days of Our Lives, MARLENA | 6 Comments »
By Patrick Erwin
I want to observe Valentine’s Day by discussing some of my favorite soap couples. I know soaps are famous for their “supercouples,” those pairs that keep coming back to each other through sleet, snow, and psychotic ex-spouses. Most shows have had these grand couples: Luke and Laura, Bo and Hope, Josh and Reva, and […]
Posted on February 13th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, PATRICK, Yearning for Yesterday | 67 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
Nurse Amy Vining was a supporting character on General Hospital, but she was omnipresent throughout the fabled Luke and Laura/Gloria Monty years. After all, she was Laura’s sister! As Amy, Shell Kepler, who died last week in Oregon, always had a quick quip or a giggle for anyone who hung around the nurse’s station. My journalist friend […]
Posted on February 12th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: General Hospital, MARLENA | 5 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
1. Is it my imagination or did bravura actress Sarah Brown return to General Hospital (as Claudia Zacchara) with a little something extra under the signature slutty red wrap dress? And isn’t fierce mob princess Claudia very similar to Maerose Prizzi (Oscar winner Anjelica Huston) the fierce mob princess who wants to take […]
Posted on February 10th, 2008 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 | 11 Comments »
By Patrick Erwin
A few weeks back, when I watched the scenes surrounding the death of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns, I was overwhelmed — not because of Dusty’s death, or because of a performance or a line of dialogue. I was completely overwhelmed at how utterly dark ATWT is — and has been for […]
Posted on February 6th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: As the World Turns, PATRICK | 9 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
I’ve never lost sleep over a soap opera before. But when I saw Michael buying a gun on General Hospital, the thought of what most likely will come next so disgusted me I couldn’t calm down. Now that Michael — at approximately age 12 — is packing heat, either he or his little […]
Posted on February 1st, 2008 by admin
Filed under: General Hospital, MARLENA | 44 Comments »
