Thinking Fans’ picks and pans for 2008: Cherry Ames pans Todd/Marty as “the foulest story ever” … DSO816 picks the Angie/Jesse reunion … while Marlene agrees GHNS2 set the bar higher for all soaps … and more. See Comments below.
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By Marlena De Lacroix
Last year I decided I will no longer do “Best” and “Worst” lists for soaps. […]
Posted on December 29th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, As the World Turns, Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Guiding Light, MARLENA, One Life to Live, Young and the Restless | 18 Comments »
This our second Christmas here in our home on the Web. By now, we feel we know most of you by name, and are more pleased than words can express to welcome your regular visits. So many of you Thinking Fans have been frequent correspondents, and have enriched our site with your thoughtful, heartfelt commentary. […]
Posted on December 24th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: MARLENA, PATRICK, SOAP SHRINK | 6 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: James wonders, “Where’s the happiness in Oakdale?” … likewise, Steve says Oakdale has become “a bitter, mean-spirited place” … and more. See Comments below.
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By Patrick Erwin
As The World Turns may be the second oldest soap, but this year, the show burned through storylines at warp speed. There has been a tremendous amount of action […]
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: As the World Turns, PATRICK | 5 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: renee wnts a long-term storyline for Brot, but is certain there will never be one … Kristen thinks Bianca and Reese “are more in lust than in love”… while Kasey thinks Angie “has just the right blend of steel and magnolia” … and more. See Comments below.
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By Marlena De Lacroix
In Part […]
Posted on December 19th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, MARLENA | 15 Comments »
Thinking Fans Comment Update: EricMontreal22, once horrified by Pratt’s arrival, is now “pleasantly thrilled” … likewise Donna L. Bridges, though still wary of Pratt, yells “Yippeee!” … but Cate disdains the suggestion of a Reese bisexual romance storyline. See Comments below.
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By Marlena De Lacroix
A few weeks ago I realized I was receiving one of my […]
Posted on December 17th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: All My Children, MARLENA | 14 Comments »
Marlena and the Atlantic Theater Company are pleased to announce that Trudi of West Virginia (go Mountaineers!) is the winner of two tickets to What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling. She scored the highest of our many entrants in our Peter Bartlett Quiz contest. Our thanks to all who entered.
As you know, Peter co-stars […]
Posted on December 15th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: MARLENA, One Life to Live | No Comments »
Part 2: One Life to Live’s Roxy
By Damon L. Jacobs
Yesterday, I interviewed the insightful Ilene Kristen on the creation of her iconic role of Delia on Ryan’s Hope. Today she talks about Roxy, her current, vastly entertaining character, who debuted on One Life to Live in 2001.
D: How did the events of 9/11/01 shape your creation of […]
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: One Life to Live, SOAP SHRINK | 6 Comments »
By Damon L. Jacobs
Ilene Kristen is an actress famed for a having both enormous acting talent and an idiosyncratic sense of humor which helps her to steal every scene she’s in. But behind the wisecracks is a wise soul with unique understanding of human psychology. She’s used that understanding to create two iconic daytime characters: Delia on Ryan’s Hope and Roxy on One Life to Live. When we […]
Posted on December 8th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: One Life to Live, SOAP SHRINK | 4 Comments »
Join us, Thinking Fans, as we continue our first anniversary celebration! Our Soap Shrink Damon Jacobs, Patrick Erwin and I will be guests Friday night, 10 PM EST, on the In the Zone Blog Talk Radio Show . We’ll be talking about our site and reviewing the many events of the last, tumultuous soap year. We’ll all […]
Posted on December 4th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: MARLENA | 3 Comments »
By Marlena De Lacroix
In honor of our first anniversary, Marlenadelacroix.com is delighted to have two tickets to the hit off-Broadway show What’s That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling to give away to some lucky Thinking Fan, compliments of the show’s producers, The Atlantic Theater Company.
The hilarious satire on musical theater, written and performed by […]
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: MARLENA, One Life to Live | No Comments »
