By Marlena De LacroixAbout 1984 or so, when the primetime world was at the height of Dynasty-mania, all the daytime soaps were hustling to introduce characters, all costumed in big-brimmed hats, who were supposed to be the "Alexis of Daytime." Elizabeth Hubbard, new as Lucinda on As the World Turns, was supposed to be the Alexis of … [Read more...]
I’ll Take Manhattan(ites)
June 3, 2008 by 5 Comments
By Marlena De LacroixMy friend Roger Newcomb, who is the editor of We Love Soaps, invited Moose and me to attend a Tribeca screening of Manhattanites, the film he co-produced with Lyle Kaminer. We really enjoyed it, and I think you'll like it too, especially if you are a soap fan.Manhattanites tells the story of a group of young people … [Read more...]
General Hospital’s Monstrous Lies, All My Children’s Truthful Memories
May 22, 2008 by 47 Comments
By Marlena De LacroixYesterday, I was trying to write my long promised column against the most perversely inhuman, possibly most disturbing soap storyline of all time, but the words just would not come out. I'm talking about the General Hospital storyline written by Bob Guza that began with 12-year-old Michael getting shot in the head and … [Read more...]
10 Merry Mid-Month of May Questions
May 14, 2008 by 13 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix and Patrick Erwin1. When you saw John-Paul Lavoisier as Rex in his recent pre-wedding scenes on One Life to Live, wandering around a bar drunk, shirtless, and disheveled with a wild head of hair, didn't he remind you just a little of Bamm-Bamm from The Flintstones?2. Have you been lost in the maze of brunettes on As … [Read more...]
Beverlee McKinsey: Singularly Magnificent
May 5, 2008 by 25 Comments
By Marlena De LacroixI feel sorry for younger soap fans who never got to see Beverlee McKinsey on soaps prior to her retirement from major roles in daytime in 1992. McKinsey, who died last week in California at 72 of complications from a kidney transplant, was singularly magnificent!When she came to Another World in 1972 as rich, rich Iris … [Read more...]
Daytime Emmy Noms 2008: The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same
May 1, 2008 by 20 Comments
By Marlena De LacroixI first attended and wrote about the Daytime Emmys in 1980 and I should be over them by now. But I continue, year after year, to be exasperated by the fact that two things never change. 1) No matter how many times they have been revised or have been updated over the years, the nomination and award processes are still … [Read more...]
Marlena Is Back
April 28, 2008 by 25 Comments
Hi Everyone.Thanks so much for your patience these past three weeks. My father, Cosmo Passalacqua, who was 85, passed away April 18 after a two week hospitalization for a heart attack. My dad was a career transportation executive for the Department of the Army. He was very, very intelligent and funny and had a persona that was bigger than … [Read more...]
A Note from Moose
April 9, 2008 by 8 Comments
Hi Everyone,Just a note to let you know that our dear Marlena hasn't posted to this site lately because she's dealing with an immediate and very urgent family emergency. Rest assured she'll be back very soon.Best regards,Moose … [Read more...]
Who Created All My Children’s Erica and Sugar on the Run?
April 2, 2008 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De LacroixYou ever think you're going to hate something and you wind up liking it? I certainly chortled when I heard jail-bound Erica Kane on All My Children was going to escape from the cops during a police van crash and go on the run handcuffed to a bank robber named ... Sugar.Some AMC writer has to be an old movie fan, I … [Read more...]
General Hospital’s Stephen Macht: Can Character Actors Save Soaps?
March 26, 2008 by 14 Comments
By Marlena De LacroixEvery week for months, there have been rumors that Stephen Macht's tough mob lawyer character, Trevor Lansing, is about to be whacked on General Hospital. So, while there's still time, I'd like to say that I'm really enjoying Macht's performances in the role this season. Yes, Macht, the 60ish actor with the pock markets, … [Read more...]
