Thinking Fans Comment Update: John says “Deidre’s Marlena is imo the greatest soap heroine ever” … though Alan Ryan prefers the Dr. Marlena Evans of the 70s and 80s … and more. See Comments below.
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By Marlena De Lacroix
In 1986 I was given an assignment by a major women’s magazine to interview Deidre Hall, the star of […]
Posted on November 26th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Days of Our Lives, MARLENA | 8 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: James sees Deidre’s departure as another nail in Days’ coffin … and more. See Comments below.
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By Patrick Erwin
I’ve watched Deidre Hall as Dr. Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives since Marlena came to Salem in 1976. By some miracle of good living and genetics, Hall looks almost the same now […]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Days of Our Lives, PATRICK | 4 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Jonnysbro can’t imagine Salem without Dr. Marlena Evans … while Christine thinks Deidre’s “many fans would follow her to the ends of the earth” … and more. See Comments below.
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To mark executive producer Ken Corday’s ver-ry curious decision to fire Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn from Days of Our Lives, we here at Marlenadelacroix.com figured we’d pull […]
Posted on November 24th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Days of Our Lives, MARLENA, SOAP SHRINK | 8 Comments »
Dear Ms. Sweeney:
I am writing to strongly protest the current Todd and Marty storyline on One Life to Live. It’s in effect the long delayed second chapter of a story that began in 1993, when Todd was the leader of three college students who gang raped Marty. The two chapters couldn’t be more shockingly different […]
Posted on November 20th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: MARLENA, One Life to Live | 17 Comments »
Illustrator/Thinking Fan Norn Cutson wrote me that he was so sad for One Life to Live’s Starr and Blair after they found out Todd had planned to kidnap Starr’s baby and had gotten involved with Marty, he had to “do something.” So he drew this illustration. Here’s Norn’s heart-wringing interpretation of the sad mother and daughter. I think […]
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GUESTS, One Life to Live | 5 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Melanie isn’t buying the “poor Todd” routine … Jenn misses the days when “soaps relied on love and chemistry” … and more. See Comments below.
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My friend, television journalist Ed Martin called me last week to congratulate me on my Todd and Marty: Way Beyond Merely Disgusting column, noting the amazing number of responses […]
Posted on November 17th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GUESTS, MARLENA, One Life to Live | 13 Comments »
Thinking Fans on Agnes’ visit to Pine Valley: renee “cried buckets and emailed everyone” … n69n says she “is the cutest, dearest, smilingest little lady” … while tess remembers the days of 15- and 30-minute soaps … and more. See Comments below.
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By Marlena De Lacroix
Just as I was fantasizing about throwing a cherry bomb at ABC headquarters over […]
Posted on November 13th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, MARLENA | 14 Comments »
Susan Haskell as Marty, Trevor St. John as Todd — ABC Photo by Heidi Gutman
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Thinking Fans Comment Update Nov. 9: Miajere laments the misogyny in daytime … Christian in Boston is disgusted by Todd’s elevation to “redeemed and tortured anti-hero” status … Steve protests Todd-Marty story exists “for no other reason than shock value” … […]
Posted on November 7th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: MARLENA, One Life to Live | 54 Comments »
As a writer and professor, one of my very favorite things is finding new talent. I got to know Norn Cutson this year because, as one of our Thinking Fans, he frequently writes to this site. It turns out that Norn is a Thinking Fan who has more than one way to express his enthusiasm for soaps. […]
Posted on November 6th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, GUESTS | 8 Comments »
Thinking Fans fret over Alexis: Purple Haze is puzzled by her treatment of her children … esther says give up a bit of mob air time and tell us what happened to Sam’s father … while Marilyn Henry wants to see her learn from her mistakes … and more. See Comments below.
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By Damon L. Jacobs
If you’ve been watching […]
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: General Hospital, SOAP SHRINK | 8 Comments »
