By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The 2014 Nurses Ball on General Hospital, marking the twentieth anniversary of the celebrated soap opera event, is now in the history books. It did not disappoint. There was the usual male strip tease, and young people singing and dancing to pop tunes. But what really worked was the way … [Read more...]
Soaps: Where Intelligent Women Still Rule
May 11, 2014 by 11 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanWomen are still the core of soap opera. They are what the plots are about and they make the stories go. An overwhelming number of women on soap operas are very intelligent, assertive and masters of their own fates. Here’s a round-up of the most intelligent and sometimes devious women … [Read more...]
Daytime Emmy Nominations – Marlena Still Cares
May 3, 2014 by 12 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The Daytime Emmy nominations for 2014 have been announced. Do you care? After all these years, Marlena still does. So let’s discuss:Best Actor: Aside from Jason Thompson (Patrick, General Hospital) the other four nominees all come from The Young and the Restless: Peter Bergman … [Read more...]
Disgraceful, Delightful and Disgusting: This Week’s Soap Events
April 26, 2014 by 5 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanFrom The Young and the Restless: This week Nick found out that a doppelganger for his dead daughter Cassie has been in town for months disgracefully spooking Sharon into getting shock treatments. The look-alike (who doesn’t even have a name) admitted the sham and said that Victor had … [Read more...]
General Hospital: Who is the Real Luke Spencer?
April 19, 2014 by 29 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanOn soap operas, situations and characters change very slowly. So it’s been somewhat of a shock that Luke Spencer, for most of his 35 years on General Hospital a lovable rogue, has turned into a major criminal. It was revealed in the last few months that he’s the one who is bankrolling … [Read more...]
Ridge Forrester: Master of B&B’s Universe
April 13, 2014 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanEvery soap opera needs a leading man. But perhaps because Ridge Forrester seems to have been at the center of most plots since The Bold and the Beautiful debuted more than 25 years ago, he seems more like a Master of the Universe than just a plain leading man.Born handsome and … [Read more...]
General Hospital at 51: A Nifty Anniversary Episode
April 6, 2014 by 9 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanSoaps rarely celebrate anniversaries on camera. But General Hospital had such a boffo 50th year, the 51st anniversary show just begged to be done. The resulting episode, which aired on April 1st, was a winner from start to finish.As it should, it was introduced by pictures of Steve … [Read more...]
General Hospital: The Wyndemere Curse
March 30, 2014 by 6 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanWyndemere has always been a center of plot action -- and frequent plot tragedy -- on General Hospital. Although owned by others, most of that plot action has centered on the Cassadines, the evil family that has manipulated so many of Port Charles residents. They have thrown events -- … [Read more...]
Are You Buying These Fanciful Plot Twists?
March 23, 2014 by 5 Comments
Bt Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanIn their drive to create more and more entertaining soap opera, writers sometimes devise situations that are fanciful and, to put it bluntly, hard to believe. After all, soap viewers will buy anything, right? Wrong. Recently, three soaps have come up with situations which Marlena … [Read more...]
General Hospital’s Amazing 50th Anniversary Celebration Ends With a Few Troubling Story Choices
March 15, 2014 by 7 Comments
By Ed MartinAs a long-time viewer of General Hospital I have been thrilled with much of what I have seen on the show during the last two years. I can’t say that it’s been all good – the return of Caleb the Vampire and Lucy Coe’s obsession with destroying him was one of the most tedious storylines I have ever seen on any soap opera, and it … [Read more...]
