Marlena says: It's a special time at General Hospital. The 50th anniversary is coming up April 1 and it's been just about a year since headwriter Ron Carlivati and executive producer executive producer Frank Valentini took over a dying show and made it must-watch TV. Marlena's dear friend and veteran journalist Ed Martin, who first started … [Read more...]
General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless: 15 Questions
February 9, 2013 by 12 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman 1. Wasn’t Caleb tasting the dead correction officer’s blood at the end of General Hospital’s Friday episode one of the grossest soap moments ever? So that's Caleb? What’s the big deal, anyway? 2. Am I the only one who thinks that Steve Burton has done fine so far on The Young … [Read more...]
Prospect Park to Start Production Next Month — of High Quality Soaps?
January 8, 2013 by 8 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a Connie Passalacqua Hayman On Monday, Prospect Park officially declared that they are starting up production on the revived One Life to Live and All My Children next month, to be presented on line. Hooray, if it goes as planned! What kind of soaps will these shows be? Early reports indicate some of the actors have … [Read more...]
On Soaps, We Believe What We Choose to Believe
January 5, 2013 by 12 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman General Hospital: Soaps or biology -- which do you choose to believe? On General Hospital this week, surrogate mother Maxie had a miscarriage (of the week-old embryo that is Dante and Lulu’s child) and barely noticed it. The same evening, New Year’s Eve, a drunk and apparently rejected … [Read more...]
Sunday Reflections 7: Central Actors’ Leave-takings on Days of Our Lives, Bold & Beautiful and General Hospital; Headlocks and Diction on B&B and GH; One Strange Interview from B&B
August 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital: When I used to work on newspapers it was journalistic thinking that a list of three of anything -- three sightings of groovy over-the-knee boots on the subway, three Hollywood divorces, three murders in a Queens … [Read more...]
Sunday Reflections 5: The Young and the Restless, The Revamp; Reality Shows on Y&R and General Hospital; Gold Medal GH
August 11, 2012 by 11 Comments
By Marlena Delacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The Young and the Restless: The hardest job in the soap world is being done right now by new executive producer Jill Farren Phelps and headwriter Josh Griffith as they revamp Y&R and are rumored to be paring down its expensive cast. Marlena has always believed it’s not a critic’s job to … [Read more...]
General Hospital Until the Bitter End
March 22, 2012 by 14 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a Connie Passalacqua Hayman Before I start my review of the new General Hospital (Frank Valentini executive producer, Ron Carlivati, headwriter) I have three things to say: 1. I agree with everything my good friend Ed Martin says in the column below ("Can General Hospital Be Saved?") Do a Gloria Monty, gut the show … [Read more...]
Murder By Death: The End of OLTL
January 13, 2012 by 18 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix aka Connie Passalacqua Hayman I just finished watching the last episode of One Life to Live and I am feeling depressed and betrayed. Not by the last second gonzo surprise that Victor is alive, but by the show’s cancellation itself. Compared to soaps that were mostly played out (like Guiding Light and my once beloved All … [Read more...]
