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 »
