By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman To commemorate The Bold and the Beautiful’s 28th anniversary last Wednesday, executive producer and headwriter Bradley P. Bell staged a daytime soap cliffhanger that is the shock of the soap century: revealing that Maya Avant (Karla Mosley) is really Myron, a transgender person. … [Read more...]
The Bold and the Beautiful: A Rare Magnificent Storyline
January 12, 2015 by 1 Comment
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman In decades, I’ve rarely raved about a single storyline. But the Rick-Maya-Caroline imbroglio that has played out over the last month or so has just been superb. It’s a can’t-miss-a-day tale of betrayal, ambition, narcissism and, above all, surprise. Eric Forrester decided he … [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 Hayman Every 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...]
B&B: Brooke is Now Suddenly on the Outside
March 9, 2014 by 5 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman For more than 25 years, the main story of The Bold and the Beautiful has been the story of the love life of Brooke Logan Forrester (fascinatingly played by Katherine Kelly Lang) . She’s been married to all the Forresters -- Eric, Thorne and Ridge --and is the mother of five children. … [Read more...]
