By Marlena De Lacroix As the World Turns was over on Friday and at least two dozen of my old soap pals all called or wrote. But what to watch now? If you are still around to watch afternoons, it's slim pickings. Days is way too juvenile even to contemplate. Young and Restless is very competent soap opera. But someone help! We're left with the … [Read more...]
As the World Turns Stops: Sobs! All Those Afternoons!
September 8, 2010 by 17 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix When I was in high school I was noted for spending my afternoons watching soap operas and eating cole slaw. Decades later, I am sobbing ... and I mean real big salty tears ... into my slaw as As the World Turns is drawing to a close, heading to With the end of As the World Turns, let’s celebrate soaps. Our memories of … [Read more...]
Ban James Franco from Daytime!
August 11, 2010 by 12 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix Publicity whores! Marlena hates them! I'm so sorry that my otherwise carefree, wonderful summer was interrupted by my rants to friends visiting our summer cabin about how James Franco has taken over the daytime world this year. Not just with his repeated visits to General Hospital as Franco, but his egotistical appearances … [Read more...]
What’s a Daytime Emmy Year Without Complaining? Or Even Watching?
June 30, 2010 by 10 Comments
For a full report on the Viva Las Vegas Daytime Emmys, read the post following this one by Marlena's friend, TV columnist Ed Martin. But first ... ____________________________________ By Marlena De Lacroix Due to a car malfunction, Moose, Nigel and I had to stay away an extra day this past Sunday, (delightfully) stranded in … [Read more...]
What’s That Smell?
June 8, 2010 by 14 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix On Saturday, my husband Moose and I were driving on a back road through the Pennsylvania woods to have dinner at a very good restaurant. Suddenly a familiar tell-tale putrid smell entered the car. Skunk! I gasped and a few seconds later my eyes welled up in tears. No, the tears didn't come from the intensity of … [Read more...]
The Sadness of the Long Running Soap Fan
April 30, 2010 by 21 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix When most longtime watchers get disenchanted or downright disgusted with their old soaps, they are usually angry. We've all invested years of our lives and our deep feelings in this genre. Now, it's gotten to the point where I'm not angry anymore. As we watch the final act of daytime soap opera, I just find myself … [Read more...]
Kiboshing Kish: Betrayal and Malfeasance
March 16, 2010 by 21 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix I've had a lot of problems with One Life to Live over the last two years, but Kish (Kyle and Fish) was never one of them. The shocking write-off of these characters is wrong, wrong, wrong on so many levels. Of all the ways this failing soap could be improved, dumping Kish NOW isn't one of them. Goodbye Kish: Scott Evans … [Read more...]
Watching Sadism For Thrills: Soaps Are Not Snuff Films!
February 18, 2010 by 41 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix Recently I was asked by a fan why I am not posting much anymore. Here's why: Today on One Life to Live I watched a woman who had just delivered a baby graphically fall through ice and drown. Not three months ago I had watched a Does any TPTB on soaps, so desperate for ratings, actually have any moral sense at all, or even … [Read more...]
