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 be pleased to speak with you on the … [Read more...]
Happy First Anniversary, Dear Thinking Fans!
December 2, 2008 by 28 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix A year ago, my husband Moose claimed he heard voices late at night in our Gramercy Park apartment. One night he woke me up and said, "Listen Marlena ... listen to that voice." "Build it and they will they will come," came a whispered male voice from the direction of the kitchen. "Moose," I said, "isn't that Ray … [Read more...]
Dee-A-Palooza Day Three: Searching for the Real Deidre
November 26, 2008 by 13 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: John says "Deidre's Marlena is imo the greatest soap heroine ever" ... though Alan Ryan prefers the Dr. Marlena Evans of the 70s and 80s ... and more. See Comments below. _________________________ By Marlena De Lacroix In 1986 I was given an assignment by a major women's magazine to interview Deidre Hall, … [Read more...]
Farewell Dee-A-Palooza Week, Day One: Soap Shrink Says, “I Wanted to Be Dr. Marlena!”
November 24, 2008 by 8 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Jonnysbro can't imagine Salem without Dr. Marlena Evans ... while Christine thinks Deidre's "many fans would follow her to the ends of the earth" ... and more. See Comments below. _________________________ To mark executive producer Ken Corday's ver-ry curious decision to fire Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to Anne Sweeney, Co-chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group
November 20, 2008 by 17 Comments
Dear Ms. Sweeney: I am writing to strongly protest the current Todd and Marty storyline on One Life to Live. It's in effect the long delayed second chapter of a story that began in 1993, when Todd was the leader of three college students who gang raped Marty. The two chapters couldn't be more shockingly different in intent. The 1993 chapter, … [Read more...]
One Life To Live’s “Tarty” Controversy: It’s Not Over Until It’s Over
November 17, 2008 by 13 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Melanie isn't buying the "poor Todd" routine ... Jenn misses the days when "soaps relied on love and chemistry" ... and more. See Comments below. ________________________ My friend, television journalist Ed Martin called me last week to congratulate me on my Todd and Marty: Way Beyond Merely Disgusting column, … [Read more...]
All My Children’s Agnes Nixon, Always Our Guardian Angel
November 13, 2008 by 14 Comments
Thinking Fans on Agnes' visit to Pine Valley: renee "cried buckets and emailed everyone" ... n69n says she "is the cutest, dearest, smilingest little lady" ... while tess remembers the days of 15- and 30-minute soaps ... and more. See Comments below. ____________________ By Marlena De Lacroix Just as I was fantasizing about throwing a … [Read more...]
One Life To Live’s Todd and Marty: Way Beyond Merely “Disgusting”
November 7, 2008 by 55 Comments
Susan Haskell as Marty, Trevor St. John as Todd -- ABC Photo by Heidi Gutman _________________________ Thinking Fans Comment Update Nov. 9: Miajere laments the misogyny in daytime ... Christian in Boston is disgusted by Todd's elevation to "redeemed and tortured anti-hero" status ... Steve protests Todd-Marty story exists "for no other … [Read more...]
Happy Halloween, Thinking Fans!
October 29, 2008 by 11 Comments
When my husband/site managing editor Moose showed me this special Halloween illustration of moi, done by our cherished resident artist Ira Blutreich, I said, "Moose, it's politically incorrect for anyone to be called a witch these days unless she is a Wiccan or ... or she is Tabitha Lenox, who actually was a witch on Passions." But … [Read more...]
