By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanBack in the day … way back, actually … it was unheard of to kill off children, especially babies, on soaps. The traditional audience was, after all, stay at home moms who watched or listened to their soaps while rolling out pie crust or ironing the family laundry.Today, the taboo has … [Read more...]
This Week in Soaps: A Terrible Tragedy and a Stunning Debut
June 8, 2014 by 5 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The Bold and the Beautiful just finished two weeks of exciting drama centered around the soap’s on-location trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi for Brooke and Bill’s aborted wedding. The sequences featured great scenery and exciting action footage.As you know, Bill planned a memorable … [Read more...]
Exciting GH or Humdrum Y&R: Which is Your Choice?
June 1, 2014 by 9 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanThis week General Hospital was very exciting as it was revealed that the “Luke” walking around as a criminal in Port Charles is a fake, with the fake visiting the real Luke who is drugged and out of it in the Miscavage asylum. Also, Ava announced she was pregnant with Sonny’s baby when he … [Read more...]
Soaps: Where Intelligent Women Still Rule
May 11, 2014 by 11 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanWomen are still the core of soap opera. They are what the plots are about and they make the stories go. An overwhelming number of women on soap operas are very intelligent, assertive and masters of their own fates. Here’s a round-up of the most intelligent and sometimes devious women … [Read more...]
Daytime Emmy Nominations – Marlena Still Cares
May 3, 2014 by 12 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The Daytime Emmy nominations for 2014 have been announced. Do you care? After all these years, Marlena still does. So let’s discuss:Best Actor: Aside from Jason Thompson (Patrick, General Hospital) the other four nominees all come from The Young and the Restless: Peter Bergman … [Read more...]
Disgraceful, Delightful and Disgusting: This Week’s Soap Events
April 26, 2014 by 5 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanFrom The Young and the Restless: This week Nick found out that a doppelganger for his dead daughter Cassie has been in town for months disgracefully spooking Sharon into getting shock treatments. The look-alike (who doesn’t even have a name) admitted the sham and said that Victor had … [Read more...]
General Hospital: Who is the Real Luke Spencer?
April 19, 2014 by 29 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanOn soap operas, situations and characters change very slowly. So it’s been somewhat of a shock that Luke Spencer, for most of his 35 years on General Hospital a lovable rogue, has turned into a major criminal. It was revealed in the last few months that he’s the one who is bankrolling … [Read more...]
General Hospital at 51: A Nifty Anniversary Episode
April 6, 2014 by 9 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanSoaps rarely celebrate anniversaries on camera. But General Hospital had such a boffo 50th year, the 51st anniversary show just begged to be done. The resulting episode, which aired on April 1st, was a winner from start to finish.As it should, it was introduced by pictures of Steve … [Read more...]
General Hospital: The Wyndemere Curse
March 30, 2014 by 6 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanWyndemere has always been a center of plot action -- and frequent plot tragedy -- on General Hospital. Although owned by others, most of that plot action has centered on the Cassadines, the evil family that has manipulated so many of Port Charles residents. They have thrown events -- … [Read more...]
