Thinking Fans cherish Guiding Light memories: Levi recalls, "(GL) was a show my grandmother and I talked about on the phone and watched together. Even on her deathbed, we still talked about our favorite soap" ... while Jonathan Reiner declares, "Losing GL is not just a blow for the genre, it's a major loss for 20th Century Americana" ... and David … [Read more...]
Soaps March: When a House Is Not a Home
March 30, 2009 by 18 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Ann demands to know, "Why is Guza doing this to Robin? It kills me to see people on the GH boards calling wonderful brave Robin a slut and a cheat because this PPD is being used to destroy her character" ... while Elvira rejoices, "Guiding Light's creative resurgence (headed by the old-school Otalia story, which is … [Read more...]
Depressions and Soaps Don’t Mix
March 13, 2009 by 12 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: renee argues, "Soaps have tackled so many great social issues and done them well, but those in charge of soaps today are suspect and will not handle the topic (of joblessness) with respect" ... DSO816 hopefully suggests, "I believe the dramas currently on air can craft timely stories of some characters' layoffs, but … [Read more...]
One Life To Live Ups the Stakes, But Does It Dare Fire Superstar Slezak?
March 9, 2009 by 27 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Cherry Ames declares, "OLTL is so good in some ways, but in other ways it's just sick and sordid and as bad as reality (global recession, wars, mass killings in Darfur and Sudan, Octo-mom). I want something more uplifting and positive" ... while Beth predicts, "Forcing Erika Slezak from OLTL, in my view, is something … [Read more...]
Ask Marlena: Whatever Happened to the Marlena Awards?
February 24, 2009 by 9 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix Hi everyone! I'm ecstatic to be snowed under with the many, many Ask Marlena questions submitted by all of you in the past week. They are all intelligent and thoughtful and I am so flattered to hear from so many Thinking Fans I've gotten to know over the past year. I'm starting with just one great question today, and will … [Read more...]
Introducing a New Feature: Ask Marlena
February 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
What's on your minds, dear Thinking Fans? Do you have questions about current soaps you'd like to ask Marlena? Or questions about soaps of the glory days past? I'm the original Been-There-Done-That gal who's written about and been around soaps forever, and I love to talk with you, the best, most intelligent fans in the world, about where we've … [Read more...]
Joyeuse St. Valentin, Mes Chers!
February 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Happy Valentine's Day, Thinking Fans! Marlena XXXOOO … [Read more...]
Asa, Ace of Characters: Phil Carey Remembered
February 11, 2009 by 13 Comments
Thinking Fans pay their respects to Mr. Carey: Dale says, "There's a big hole in Llanview these days named Asa Buchanan. His presence is still very much felt, but it's never going to be the same" ... and Steve recalls, "What made Asa so real was that he truly did love his family, even if he showed that love in the wrong way" ... while James … [Read more...]
David Selby as Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre
February 6, 2009 by 5 Comments
Attention Dark Shadows fans: David Selby, remembered fondly as the romantic heartthrob Quentin Collins on that long-running soap of yore, is playing Abraham Lincoln in a new play, The Heavens Are Hung In Black, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Selby has played Lincoln twice before. But this time, he says, is different: "This play goes … [Read more...]
